streetcars and old fartz
The history is bit more sordid. GM and others replaced the ripped up tracks and tolley companies (they bought up) with bus companies that featured junk buses that broke down ofter enough to spur the purchase of automobiles - which the bus companies also were manufacturing. A conincidence? Not to mention the interest of big OIL.
Further, remember all the trolley and RailRoad systems that blanketed the country (so you could take trolleys from Portland, ME down to NYC just by switching between companies) were all built with private money and then destroyed with (GM's) private money. Now the taxpayers are paying for the rebuilding. America the beautiful. Who does your elected rep work for? Not you.
