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[Victor Minton <victor AT designhammer.com>]

Sorry---not clear.  GM BADLY wanted to sell cars.  However the typical
trolley rider was not a car customer.  GM wanted to replace trolleys made by
others with buses made by GM.

I may be wrong, but I believe AS would have loved the primacy of the car and
truck.

Regards,

Vic Minton


>> I believe GM was more interested in replacing trolleys with buses, rather
> then selling cars during the great Depression.
> Alfred Sloan (then CEO of GM) just wanted what was best for GM. Doesn't the
> "Sloan Foundation" now fund programs on PBS about understanding technology?
> I wonder what AS would have done if he thought auto technology would have
> lead to sprawl?
> Ed Wesolowski
> 
> At 04:48 PM 1/7/03 -0500, you wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I believe GM was more interested in replacing trolleys with buses, rather
>> then selling cars during the great Depression..  Buses were perceived to be
>> more flexible, more modern and did not require dedicated lanes in urban
>> areas. The overhead electric wires were considered eyesores as well.
>> 
>> Different times,
>> 
>> Vic Minton
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Oh yeah, I know a good bit about National City Lines and General Motors
>>> pulling up the tracks. But I think it's hard to call it a conspiracy
>>> theory. The thing is, at the time people thought cars were modern, and
>>> the way to go. Just like Internet Access. ;) People perceived taking the
>>> rail up almost as an infrastructure improvement, so I think that's why
>>> not many complained.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Tom
>>> 
>>> Edward Wesolowski wrote:
>>>> For folks who tend toward conspiracy theory there's an interesting
>>>> documentary, "Taken for a Ride," about transition in the U.S. from
>>>> street cars to automobiles. The doc describes the role of a large
>>>> automobile manufacturer (that shall go unnamed ;-) and it's relation to
>>>> the "National City Lines"? ...anyone heard of National City Lines"?
>>>> Ed Wesolowski
>>> 
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