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By Larry West, About.com Guide to Environmental Issues since 2005

The Great American Streetcar Scandal

Monday November 17, 2008
How did the United States go from being a nation in which 90 percent of the population relied on public transportation to one in which the vast majority of people own and drive their own cars? One powerful automaker led a conspiracy to leave Americans no choice but to purchase a family car and hit the road. Read about The Great American Streetcar Scandal.

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