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>What could have been done to save the Pacific Electric Railway?
the yellow and red trams were private companies, only intended to aid tract housing developments on cheap farmland bought by the owners. seeing as they were only ever meant to increase real estate value and were otherwise barely profitable, if at all, i don't see any scenario where a private company would've saved them. that leaves public ownership, and i doubt the municipality would've been any less corrupt and carbrained than any other place.
>What would public transit in LA be like today if it had been?
still quite shit as all the trams are at-grade. if the city had started building a metro network instead however, it would've made a massive difference. it would still be crappy and horrible like the NY subway because the US is a complete shithole, governed with completely wrong priorities.

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What could have been done to save the Pacific Electric Railway?
What would public transit in LA be like today if it had been?