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Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2017 09:13:31 No.1091502 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1091824 >>1099130

What went wrong? Automobile competition? Demographic shifts? Apathy?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2017 10:47:48 No.1091513 Report

Quoted By: >>1091514 >>1091526 >>1091749

It was purposefully killed as part of the US Oil industry pushing suburbs and personal automobiles.
Nothing was wrong it it, it was just killed on purpose.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2017 10:55:53 No.1091514 Report

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>>1091513
And that's it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 17 Jul 2017 12:11:22 No.1091526 Report

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>>1091513
/thread

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2017 00:43:05 No.1091749 Report

Quoted By: >>1091816

>>1091513
They didn't pay for electricity and when they had to start paying for it, they were fucked.

The idea that it was only killed by the oil and auto industry is a bulslhit historical myth.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2017 05:44:59 No.1091816 Report

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>>1091749
>They didn't pay for electricity

They were paying for electricity since the 1910s. In PE's case the power company and the railroad were unaffiliated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2017 08:21:05 No.1091824 Report

Quoted By: >>1091971

>>1091502
The Los Angeles streetcar system was always unprofitable. Streetcar lines were built by real estate developers in order to increase the value of their holdings. Once the houses were all sold, the new owners did not have as much incentive to invest in the streetcars. It was a transient phenomenon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 18 Jul 2017 21:18:08 No.1091971 Report

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>>1091824
You're conflating the Los Angeles Railway (streetcar) with the Pacific Electric (interurban)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 31 Jul 2017 16:03:57 No.1095415 Report

Quoted By: >>1098762

Everyone realized cars are better than trains.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Aug 2017 15:43:42 No.1098762 Report

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>>1095415
>everyone in charge was bought off by the auto industry to kill trains

FTFY

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 09 Aug 2017 17:06:22 No.1098787 Report

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>>1098762
This is a severely overstated myth. Stop being a child and actually read about the history.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2017 22:42:35 No.1099130 Report

Quoted By: >>1099185

>>1091502
Isn't it ironic?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2017 02:16:15 No.1099172 Report

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It was the Pacific Electric themselves that phased out their streetcar fleet with buses. No conspiracy here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2017 02:47:29 No.1099185 Report

Quoted By: >>1099193

>>1099130
That's not the real map.

That being said, I am glad to see that the Purple Line extension got massively fast tracked and is due for completion by 2024 rather than 2036.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2017 03:00:17 No.1099193 Report

Quoted By: >>1099205

>>1099185
No shit, look at the date.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 11 Aug 2017 03:45:58 No.1099205 Report

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>>1099193
That's not what I fucking meant. I mean that it is not an accurate map of the plans Metro has.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 14 Aug 2017 04:31:10 No.1100168 Report

Quoted By: >>1102952

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hGH3U21vIE

mfw this actually happened. they need to bring it back

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Aug 2017 05:06:07 No.1102952 Report

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>>1100168
Agreed, would be cool as a default scheme.

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