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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?
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.