Many cities at one time had trolley service which did local point to point connection. Then they were forced out because there was more profit in growing car dependency.
Seems more like politicians were bribed lobbied to cut funding by car makers than they were counting coins and said we’d get more (as a government) if everyone just drove from home.
There were forced out because they had to pay for the road surface but vehicles could use it for free and cause damage. They also would block the trolley because people have always been assholes.
More importantly they had contracts with the cities with set fares and the cities wouldn’t let them increase the fares so they went bankrupt. source
Many cities at one time had trolley service which did local point to point connection. Then they were forced out because there was more profit in growing car dependency.
Capitalist government when public transport (a public service) is not making profits
Seems more like politicians were
bribedlobbied to cut funding by car makers than they were counting coins and said we’d get more (as a government) if everyone just drove from home.There were forced out because they had to pay for the road surface but vehicles could use it for free and cause damage. They also would block the trolley because people have always been assholes.
More importantly they had contracts with the cities with set fares and the cities wouldn’t let them increase the fares so they went bankrupt. source
Fun fact: this is the premise of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
I bought the red car so I could disssss…mantle it.