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What Happened to the Streetcars? Killed by General Motors Irelan, Patrick http://www.counterpunch.org/irelan02022008.html Publisher:  CounterPunch Date Written:  02/02/08 Year Published:  2008   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter The history of how car companies bought up and destroyed public transit systems in the first half the the twentieth century to eliminate alternatives to the automobile. Topics Automotive Industry Monopolies Monopoly Capitalism Public Transit U.S. History Urban Transportation Urban Transportation/History

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