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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by clankyclanker on Sunday December 13, 2020 @05:18PM (#25410943)
So your suspicions are partially verifiable. The automobile industry did buy laws (and the LA subway-trolley system) to favor cars in America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxopfjXkArM

https://gizmodo.com/90-years-ago-the-los-angeles-subway-was-...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp...

Apparently LA's loss of underground subway was tied to its loss of overland subway, as well. They seem to have been the same system?

Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by alisonkisk on Sunday December 13, 2020 @06:54PM (#25411737)
They also invented the fake "crime" of "jay" walking. Note that "jay" is a slur for "insane".

Note that "jaydriving" is not a crime.