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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
Seems to me that people just wanted to drive their own cars, and why wouldn't they? The new systems are great, but only if you live and work near the lines. |
There were other issues too.
To roughly quote professors George Hilton and John F. Due from their book The Electric Interurban Railways in America - "By the 1920's the privacy and convenience of the automobile was beginning to make streetcar riding seem utilitarian and a little grubby."
Another phenomena was discovered in the 1970's. For many people the only time they had exclusively to themselves during the work week was the commute in their car.
Cheers,
Jack