We pay massive amounts to subsidize car travel and don’t even know it - eviltoast
Massachusetts’ car economy costs $64 billion, study finds
news.harvard.edu
Harvard study says Massachusetts car economy costs $64 billion, and more than half of that comes from public.
  • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Kansas City had 300 miles of street cars and a very walkable city. After WWII they bulldozed entire streets to make room for interstates. Then replaced about half the remaining. Buildings with parking lots.

    It killed the downtown. It has slowly improved, but to this day it has never recovered.

    • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You can blame GM and their secret front company, National City Lines. They bought streetcar companies around America and dismantled the lines.