car-free Europe

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Wed Sep 22 15:39:05 PDT 1999


From sokol at jhu.edu Wed Sep 22 13:17:35 1999

Some 50 or so years ago, trolleys were most familiar and

nad hard working GM exec knew it would be hard sell to

persuade people to voluntarily abandon that familar mode

of transportation and switch to the unfamilar automobile.

So instead of relying on "democratic" mechanisms such as

voting, these brave execs took a more radical step, and

pulled the rug of familiarity from under the people's feet

by dismantling the trolley system, and thus pushing them

into the brave new world of automotive progress.

Not exactly truthful; trolleys had their own problems.

Here's a good reference for the demise of the Key System in SF: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0916374661/qid=938039857/

/jordan



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