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May 7, 2015 · Streetcar systems went bankrupt and were dismantled in virtually every metro area in the United States, and National City was only involved in about 10 percent of cases.
- Joseph Stromberg
Sep 20, 2017 · Elkind explains that the demise of LA’s streetcar system was less a conspiracy against the public and more a public failure to anticipate the smoggy, drive-thru future described by Judge Doom.
- Elijah Chiland
Aug 10, 2019 · Municipal Railway J-Church streetcar #133 on the private right of way through Dolores Park. (wnp14.12345; Courtesy of a Private Collector.) Anyone who has ridden the J-Church Muni Metro line knows that, as it heads south on Church Street, it veers off the street and into Dolores Park at 18th Street.
May 29, 2022 · Before the Ferraris of the world, as well as the Starship spacecraft and rockets, there were streetcars pulled by horses in the most elegant cities around the world. Back then, the elite didn’t travel on mega yachts, speedboats and insanely fast cars, but on trains and streetcars.
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Mar 31, 2007 · 1963: Ninety years of streetcar service comes to an end in Los Angeles. It may be the automobile capital of the world now, but in the first part of the 20th century Southern California was...
