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Besides Wikipedia not being considered a reliable source unless the page is locked and that this entry should\'ve been in the real life folder... \'\'there was a Senate report\'\' in the 1930s that \'\'\'GM\'\'\', in company with Firestone Tire and Goodyear were dead serious in buying up the competition of street cars and liquidating them to increase demands for cars and car supplies; they junked hundreds of completely usable streetcars long before the streetcars became unprofitable, as a simple timeline comparison will show. Note this whole show extended from the 1930s through the 1950s -and the streetcar companies were showing reasonable, can pay all the costs and then some, when they were shut down.
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Besides Wikipedia not being considered a reliable source unless the page is locked and that this entry should\\\'ve been in the real life folder... \\\'\\\'there was a Senate report\\\'\\\' in the 1930s that \\\'\\\'\\\'GM\\\'\\\'\\\', in company with Firestone Tire and Goodyear were dead serious in buying up the competition of street cars and liquidating them to increase demands for cars and car supplies; they junked hundreds of completely usable streetcars long before the streetcars became unprofitable, as a simple timeline comparison will show. Note this whole show extended from the 1930s through the 1950s -and the streetcar companies were showing reasonable, can pay all the costs and then some, incomes when they were shut down.
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As for it being an \\\"urban legend\\\"? That\\\'s to GM\\\'s and all\\\'s benefit to claim that, just as McD\\\'s claimed Stella\\\'s lawsuit was frivolous. GM and all shut down long-running mass transit systems that helped the poor and those who couldn\\\'t drive; as social and eco awareness has grown, the long-term consequences of what they did has been realized, and that means terrible PR for them. Bad PR means lowered profits -and the whole point of deepsixing the streetcars was to increase profits. (From 10% to 90% in some areas, once the streetcars were gone.)
