Surf, Sand & Streetcars: A Mobile History of Santa Cruz, California

As the City and County of Santa Cruz struggles with new and better ways to keep their citizenry mobile, Charles S. McCaleb's Surf, Sand & Streetcars stands as an ever present link in that process. The street transportation technology of the past provides a guide to the present self-powered railcars and light rail vehicles. Those very same forces which were at work during the period of Surf, Sand & Streetcars are once again providing a new impetus for the future of mass transportation. As a result, a second look at previous solutions to the same problems is being considered. Thus, as you read through the pages of this well written and documented book, note that the wheel has already been invented. --Rick Hamman