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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 5 10:00:01 2009, in response to Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late?, posted by Russ on Mon Jan 5 00:13:07 2009. No, what you are saying is absolutely not true.Robert Moses was a product of his time, not a cause of it. Yes, he got a LOT of money TO New York. But that was FEDERAL money that if he didn't bring it to New York, it would have went to other cities for "their" road or bridge project. New York is completely not unique in what was happening at the time. Cities were unfortunately scaling not spending money en mass on transit projects, and unfortunately, even worse, dismanteling. For example, Los Angeles. The city was laced with trolley infastructure, some of it even in subway. It was bought by the tire manufacturers and GM and they only bought it to dismantle it. Here's a little on it, and this is just one example around the country and of one city: http://www.geocities.com/los_angeles_coast/public_transportation.html |
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