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Explains why automobiles replaced the train as the primary means of transportation, discusses the social impact of the automobile, and looks at the future of transportation
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This book, more than any other, helps us understand how the US lost its efficient and widespread rail network and became totally reliant on cars both in cities, between cities, and throughout the country. It illustrates why the mass transit landscape of our country looks and functions the way it does.
Most people today do not understand the elaborate and efficient mass transit system we had that was destroyed and how countrywide transit was purposely and needlessly destroyed to create dependency on the car. One can't help being envious when visiting a European nationâor even Tokyoâwhere expansive transit systems makeâŠ
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