Before automobiles and buses, most city dwellers got around via streetcars. Also called trams, trolleys, or light rail, they are still a big part of mass transit today. In this episode we chart their evolution from simple horse-drawn carts to modern electric-powered trains, and explore how capitalism made them worse, and labor militancy made them better. But first we catch up on our project cars, and Conner pretends to be an an-cap. At least we hope he's pretending.
Main topic at 53 min.
Notes/Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_trams //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsecar //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_streetcar_strike_of_1900 //
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_strikes_in_the_United_States //
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