Started by Kate Lindqvist (@concrete_kate) ·
Did car companies really kill the streetcar?
4 sources · 32 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “general motors streetcar conspiracy true”
- Ended at
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Trail
- “general motors streetcar conspiracy true” (google.com)
- General Motors streetcar conspiracy (en.wikipedia.org)
- Streetcars in North America (en.wikipedia.org)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (en.wikipedia.org)
the plot is literally this
What I came away with
GM and partners were convicted of conspiring to monopolize bus sales, but most historians think streetcars were already failing: fixed fares during inflation, old equipment, and cars eating ridership. The conspiracy sped it up rather than caused it.
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