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katty

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Fri Jan-13-06 07:36 PM
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8. here in CA perfect example of bad mass transit by design

-red car line (early 20thC) in LA eradicated for: car makers, oil peddlers, and rubber-barons
Walt Disney tried to get his monorail into LA in the late in 40's-50's--no way
the titans of industry wanted Californians to be conditioned to the car, so much space, so many miles to travel...so much money for them

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