Re: Nippon Sharyo pulling out of USA
Author: synonymouse
Date: 08-11-2018 - 19:51
In the Bay Area the Key could have been saved if they came up with the money to build a rail bridge. A lot more of the SF streetcar system could have been saved if the union had agreed in a timely manner to one-man operation.
There definitely was a conspiracy. GM had a hit list of streetcar systems in the US it wanted eliminated. In Cleveland the councilman who spearheaded the abandonment of the streetcars was rewarded with a dealership. The AAA acted as the mouthpiece - OMG, got those horrible tracks out of the way of our precious autos.
On the other hand how does BART score every shekel it could ever desire? 5'6" to Infinity and Beyond!