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General Motors streetcar conspiracy

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An Alternative Narrative to the Los Angeles Streetcar Myth

The automobile’s domination of Los Angeles was not a triumph of the market, but an exercise in regulation and rent-seeking.

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The Introduction of Electricity to Los Angeles | Lost LA | Food & Discovery

By the end of 1883, Los Angeles became the first city in America to abandon gas for street lighting, opting for electricity.

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Who killed L.A.'s streetcars? We all did

General Motors? Big Oil? Big Rubber? The demise of L.A.'s streetcars stemmed from public policy and our own appetite for automobiles.

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