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Cleveland had a great streetcar System and one of the largest in the US. <br />What happened was the that the powers to be said that we could consiladate the streetcar lines into a Heavy rail high speed rapid transit system. There were about 4-5 lines planned but only one built...(The Red Line to the airport from the near east side thru downtown Cleveland) Streetcars were shutdown in antisaption of the heavy rail system that bonds were aproved by the taxpayers but the County Engineer sat on the issue(?) because like Robert B Moses he loved the idea of freeways and the System was never built. There was also car vs. streetcars in that there were a number of new drivers in the 1950s that did not know how to drive with streetcars and so they were viewed as a nucence. But in places were they had there own right of way or had heavy ridership they stayed untill the bitter end. or in the case of the shaker rapid they upgraded to light rail.
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