>>1193225Don't forget that many of the streetcar companies had agreed to maintian the parts of their roads their tracks were on. This wasn't really a problem 'till automobile traffic exploded and drove road maintenance costs through the roof.
Most cities also refused to let the companies raise fares or forbid cars from driving on their tracks so the companies went bankrupt. Then the cities tore out the tracks because of the "trains are obsolete" meme, and now we're spending billions of dollars to put them back.
