Reba L. Gauer was a bus driver for AC Transit and streetcar operator in Los Angeles. She was raised in Missouri and Arkansas and moved to Los Angeles with her husband before WWII broke out. While in Los Angeles, Gauer got a job as a streetcar conductor and later moved to Alameda County where she drove streetcars under the Key System during the war. She witnessed the change to driving busses and the National City Lines purchase of the Key System in 1946. In the 1960s, AC Transit purchased the Key System and Gauer continued working for the system continuing her routes even through pregnancy and eventually being a part of the expanding service to Contra Costa County. In this interview Gauer discusses her childhood, early life, marriage and move to Los Angeles, driving streetcars, change to driving buses, changes to public transit with BART in 1972, women and minority employees in the Key System, disability access on buses, mechanical and physical aspects of bus driver responsibilities, labor strikes and union relations, working for Contra Costa County Connection, safety issues and her outstanding safety record at AC Transit. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District.