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70-the-great-red-car
When Eric Molinsky lived in Los Angeles, he kept hearing this story about a bygone transportation system called the Red Car. The Red Car, he was told, had been this amazing network of streetcars that connected the city--until a car company bought it, dismantled it, and forced a dependency on freeways.
But like most legends, the one that Eric heard about the Red Car is not entirely accurate. It's true that Los Angeles did have an extensive mass transit system called the Red Car, which at one time ran on 1,100 miles of track--about 25 percent more more track mileage than New York City has today, a century later.
But the Red Car wasn't the victim of a conspiracy. The Red Car WAS the conspiracy.
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se419 at 0.57 on February 05, 2013 00:46
Good piece, but ignores many facts about General Motors and others' involvement in orchestrating the systematic dismantling of streetcar systems around the nation. Nowhere was the GM/Firestone Tire/Standard Oil/Philips Petroleum/Mac Trucks conspiracy more successful than in Los Angeles. Even if the LA streetcar systems could not become self sustaining, unbiased government could have subsidized the system for the public good, as still occurs in most public transportation systems. To conclude that the Los Angeles streetcar system was dismantled purely because it could not support itself is less than a half truth. The Red Car may have been built without the intention of making it a profitable entity, and built ti increase the value of other assets, but this does not negate the actual conspiracy involved in its demise.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Streetcar_Scandal
http://www.newday.com/films/Taken_for_a_Ride.html - se419
se419 on February 05, 2013 00:45
Good piece, but ignores many facts about General Motors and others' involvement in orchestrating the systematic dismantling of streetcar systems around the nation. Nowhere was the GM/Firestone Tire/Standard Oil/Philips Petroleum/Mac Trucks conspiracy more successful than in Los Angeles. Even if the LA streetcar systems could not become self sustaining, unbiased government could have subsidized the system for the public good, as still occurs in most public transportation systems. To conclude that the Los Angeles streetcar system was dismantled purely because it could not support itself is less than a half truth. The Red Car may have been built without the intention of making it a profitable entity, and built ti increase the value of other assets, but this does not negate the actual conspiracy involved in its demise.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Streetcar_Scandal
http://www.newday.com/films/Taken_for_a_Ride.html - HUSHmusic.be
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Brendan Leadbeater at 11.37 on January 14, 2013 18:27
@Roman Mars: Great SONG!&rt;... it seems you use Modest Mouse quite often. Completely understandable as they make great soundtrack pieces, due to the ambiance of their pieces
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Brendan Leadbeater at 0.00 on January 14, 2013 18:25
Beautiful production on this one and a very interesting and thought provoking topic!!! Thanks!!!
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jamesp_suzhou at 0.00 on January 14, 2013 12:58
Just discovered you a couple of days ago, really good stuff. This is the only way to listen to you in China.
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Roman Mars at 0.23 on January 11, 2013 19:30
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? S/T- "Gag Factory" by Alan Silvestri
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