daniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL that Los Angeles is expanding a program paying people not to drive. If you agree to keep you car parked at home for 5 weeks and explore other ways to get around, you can earn up to $600thesource.metro.netexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down13cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
arrow-up1407arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Los Angeles is expanding a program paying people not to drive. If you agree to keep you car parked at home for 5 weeks and explore other ways to get around, you can earn up to $600thesource.metro.netdaniel_callahan@jlai.lu to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square100fedilinkcross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.world
minus-squarenullspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·2 days agoThe history of transportation in LA is tragic because at one point they had not one, but two massive streetcar networks.
minus-squareMalyca@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoReally? I grew up there and didn’t know that.
minus-squarenullspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoA lot of cities had them. But they got in the way of profits.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agotl:dr for those that are interested. Car Companies bought public transit (buses and street cars mostly), and scrapped it, to force more sales of their cars as people could no longer get around easily without public transit.
The history of transportation in LA is tragic because at one point they had not one, but two massive streetcar networks.
Really? I grew up there and didn’t know that.
A lot of cities had them. But they got in the way of profits.
tl:dr for those that are interested.
Car Companies bought public transit (buses and street cars mostly), and scrapped it, to force more sales of their cars as people could no longer get around easily without public transit.