[ale] Mass Transit was Linux Sys Admin needed

[Jim]

William Bagwell wrote:
> On Monday 19 June 2006 09:19 pm, Jim wrote:
>
>   
>> William Bagwell wrote:
>>     
>>> snip
>>> Lingering bitterness over Atlanta killing the trolley, was a primary
>>> reason why Cobb county rejected joining Marta when it was first
>>> proposed back in the late 60s or early 70s.
>>>       
>
>   
>> Thank the tire companies, as I understand it they killed all trolleys in
>> the US (via politics) so they could sell more tires.
>>     
>
> Was speaking with my father in-law (who is old enough to remember the 
> trolleys) about this the other day. He blamed bus manufactures... 
> Apparently who ever did the behind the scenes politicking only convinced 
> the big cities and not the few (then) rural areas the trolleys ran to.
>
> Didn't some trolleys have both tires and rail wheels? I can remember seeing 
> rails still embedded in a few paved streets in downtown Atlanta as a small 
> child. Though the "rail road" style rails with exposed ties through the 
> Marietta and Smyrna area were already gone by then.
>   
Later trolleys had rubber, but the interurban trolleys ran on rails, 
those were the ones Goodyear and Firestone legislated out of business so 
more people would buy cars and tires.  At least that's what my Dad told 
me.  :s  San Francisco still had buses that ran on overhead wires back 
in the 70's.  I think they are still in use, but I can't recall seeing 
them the last time I was out there.

Jim