Taken For A Ride (documentary, 1996)
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Taken for a Ride: Did GM Conspire to Kill Streetcars or Not?
01/12/2018 The popular 1996 documentary Taken for a Ride alleges that streetcars were killed by a conspiracy headed by General Motors. It’s a story that alt-transport advocates have been eager to embrace, since it paints an automaker as the big bad bully. But is it true? Probably not. Independent observers tell a very different story, saying that streetcars were on the decline anyway whether GM was involved or not.
Continue to read: https://bicycleuniverse.info/taken-ride/
01/12/2018 The popular 1996 documentary Taken for a Ride alleges that streetcars were killed by a conspiracy headed by General Motors. It’s a story that alt-transport advocates have been eager to embrace, since it paints an automaker as the big bad bully. But is it true? Probably not. Independent observers tell a very different story, saying that streetcars were on the decline anyway whether GM was involved or not.
Continue to read: https://bicycleuniverse.info/taken-ride/