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.
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
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.
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
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
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.Fun fact: this is the premise of Who Framed Roger Rabbit