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> worked really well, especially for folks without much money

That's probably part of the reason they got rid of them. You still see that argument used against transit: "it will bring _____ to our part of town".

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The trams went away because of cars and buses, not because of racism.
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It can be both. Highways didn’t get built for poor folks, but did get built right through many of their neighborhoods.
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