Kennedy, 60 Minutes, and Roger Rabbit: Understanding Conspiracy-Theory Explanations of The Decline of Urban Mass Transit
A paper by Martha J. Bianco of Portland State University's Center for Urban Studies says don't blame Judge Doom. As automobiles became more widely available and streetcar ridership declined, buses were more economical than streetcars for serving lightly-traveled routes. (Via LA Map Nerd's comment on Matthew Yglesias's blog.)
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