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Re:The demise of America's once-mighty streetcars by hueving on Friday May 08, 2015 @05:25AM (#9510700)
The article pointed out that the issue was because of the fare lock-ins, not because they were private. Do you realize how ridiculous 5 cents is, even for 1920? That's like 59 cents in todays buying power.

Even the subsidized 285 Euro price you pay for a yearly pass could have afforded multiple rides nearly every day paying per ride at those rates.

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Re:The demise of America's once-mighty streetcars by struppi on Friday May 08, 2015 @05:43AM (#9510738)
And you think the cities would have insisted in fare lock-ins, had they operated the street cars themselves?
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Re:The demise of America's once-mighty streetcars by hueving on Friday May 08, 2015 @05:49PM (#9514346)
They were stupid enough to do it to the companies, there is little reason to believe they wouldn't have caved to the same political pressure from constituents to keep the prices low if they were operating it.
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