destroyed. los angeles is one of the most congested cities in the us the metropolitan region has a population of some eighteen million and the majority of its residents use cars for daily travel but this wasn t always the case through the one nine hundred fifty s. los angeles had a street car system that was very popular tickets were cheap and connections were excellent people had no reason to buy an expensive car. but in one nine hundred sixty one the pacific electric long beach line shut down. the trolleys nicknamed the red cars had been a fixture in the city since ninety no one. but they were slowly taken out of service after street cars on the track network were bought by another company. that company didn t want to operate the public transport it wanted to destroy it. a
destroyed. los angeles is one of the most congested cities in the us the metropolitan region has a population of some eighteen million and the majority of its residents use cars for daily travel but this wasn t always the case through the one nine hundred fifty s. los angeles had a street car system that was very popular the tickets were cheap and connections were excellent people had no reason to buy an expensive car. but in one nine hundred sixty one the pacific electric long beach line shut down. the trolleys nicknamed the red cars had been a fixture in the city since one thousand no one. but they were slowly taken out of service after street cars on a track network were bought by another company. that company didn t want to operate the public transport it wanted to destroy it. a consortium of car
that s why doushls are look are for a fix for all of traffic. kate bolduan has it. reporter: street cars last rattled through washington nearly 50 years ago. now, old may be new once again as history intentionally repeats itself. d.c. is laying the first tracks of a new street car system, eventually completing a 37-mile route. the street car today is not the street car of your great, great grandparents. reporter: d.c. councilmember tommy wells is an ardent supporter of the plan. he says the street car will not only alleviate the growing congestion in the district but also help spur development some-n some of d.c. s neighborhoods. street cars is the next generation of mass transit.