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Buses Were First Step to Ending Streetcar System

Industries / Transportation : Free Public Transit (5 years ago)

GM first replaced trolleys with free-roaming buses, eliminating the need for tracks embedded in the street and clearing the way for cars. As dramatized in a 1996 PBS docudrama, Taken for a Ride, Alfred P. Sloan, GM’s president at th... Read Post

Are Streetcars Really Better Than Buses?

Lifestyle / Green Living : TreeHugger (4 years ago)

stuck in traffic on Queen Street, Toronto The Infrastructurist certainly thinks so, and provides 36 Reasons Streetcars Are Better Than Buses. I agree, but let's not gild the lily here; streetcars are not without a few flaws. 1. they... Read Post

If the SFMTA were Serious About Cyclist Safety, It Would Ban Buses, Streetcars, Trucks, Taxis and Limos from Market, Instead of Cars

United States / San Francisco : San Francisco Citizen (last year)

TweetJust saying. Oh, the SFMTA wants to ban cars from Market Street for other reasons? O.K. Oh, there’s a balance of interests here? O.K. But if you cared about cyclist safety more than anything else, you’d ban buses, streetcars, t... Read Post


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