@vanpdf Same in Vancouver. Auto industry had sinister role in making it happen. Vancouver had great streetcar/interurban system
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Great video of Hasting St. streetcars. Vintage of the cars ,makes date +/-1952 or 53.
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Case brought by LA County ended up in a Nolo Contendere plea by Standard Oil of CA, Firestone Tire, and GM.
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What a shame.
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This is what corporate control over the public good looks like...
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big oil got what they wanted.
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Can we make the opposite happen? trains > cars!
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Actually, destruction of
#LosAngeles streetcars 60-yrs-ago was in favor of affordable luxury & privacy.pic.twitter.com/UTpWF5zfzo
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As a kid, rode the red car from the south bay area to downtown LA. Yeah... I'm old, but have great memories.
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auto industry? :(
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SMDH.
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and smog
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What a colossal mistake that turned out to be!
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Yeah, GM was behind this atrocity. Most streetcars were removed from service by 1950.
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