If I may, I would like to correct what seems to be a partial misperception concerning the demise of the Interurban Rail system in the United States. Many cities across the country had operating interurban systems which today might better be referred to as "light rail". During the mid-20s in this country, Alfred P. Sloan (General Motors) and Firestone and Standard Oil embarked on a very long-sighted campaign to destroy these systems because automobile sales were at the time either flat or declining. In the fullness of time, this group (including a few others) succeeding in buying up and bankrupting about …
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