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583- The Lost Subways of North America
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
May 22, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Los Angeles actually used to have a massive electric railway system in the early 1900s, called the Red Car. Jake Berman, the author of The Lost Subways of North America, tells us about how, time after time, when North American cities seemed just inches away from having a robust, utopian future of fast, reliable, and convenient public transportation systems, something gets in the way. That thing is sometimes dysfunctional local politics, sometimes it’s bureaucracy. Sometimes it’s the way our infrastructure favors cars over mass transit, and too often, it’s racism.583- The Lost Subways of North America
Released:
May 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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