[sustran] Re: question

[. . . h . f e n y k . . .]

There is a good short video (pre-cursor to Roger Rabbit) that describes all
this in detail.
It's called "Taken for a Ride" and is about 45 minutes long.  Filmakers:
Jim Klein and Martha Olson at New Day Films.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan P Howes" <howes at emirates.net.ae>
To: <sustran-discuss at jca.apc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:45 AM
Subject: [sustran] Re: question


> Aha - now I remember. Funny, I saw that movie but can't remember the
> plot line ...
>
> Thanks to Bob for this.
>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:50:35 -0500 (EST), Access Systems
> <accessys at smart.net> wrote to "Transit-Prof (E-mail)"
> <Transit-Prof at yahoogroups.com>:
>
> the actual story is not quite as sensational but more effective,  in
> the
> 40's and 50's a company called National City Lines was formed to
> aquire
> trolley companies and convert them to bus, National City Lines was
> General
> Motors, Firestone tire, and Shell Oil (Standard Oil)  they were pretty
> successful and in fact there was an anti trust suit by the government
> against them, and they were found guilty and I believe the fine was
> $500..(sort of like the Microsoft thing)
>
>   this is the basis for the movie "Roger Rabbit"  The company was very
> successful but did have some major failures (Philadelphia)  The
> company
> then sold the transit companies to the metro areas and no longer
> exists as
> a transit operating authority (I believe they ceased to exist about 5
> years ago as a legal entity)
>
> there is much more about this and can be found with a web search under
> the
> name National City Lines
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Alan Patrick Howes wrote to transit-prof:
>
> Perhaps more chance of an answer here!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: matthias mueth [mailto:matthias_mueth at hotmail.com]
> >
> > dear sustran-discuss members,
> >
> > vaguely i do remember something about an us-american city, where the
> > (rail-based) public transport systems were bought up by the automotive
> > industries, to be demolished, in order to push car-sales...
> >
> > can anybody tell, whether this holds true or is a rumour, which city
this
> > was, and whether there is any quotable information on
this(bibliographical
> > notes)???
>
>
>
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