• @AngryCommieKender
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    681 month ago

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a documentary. Not the toon town stuff. The part about the judge buying the trolley so he could shut it down to build a highway. We used to have a better rail system than anywhere else. Then the car and oil companies bought the tracks and paved over them in the 1920s to 1950s

    • @samus12345
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      1 month ago

      “Who needs a car in LA? We got the best public transportation system in the world!”

    • @[email protected]
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      131 month ago

      A perfect example of this is the Boston T. It’s half the size it was 100 years ago and is still considered the 3rd best transportation network in the country, with a full 50% of all daily commutes to Boston happening on the T.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 month ago

      Although honestly the feuding between the various tram/rail/bus companies contributed to their demise.