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To: Scumbria who wrote (125571)	1/19/2001 7:43:41 AM
From: GVTucker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, RE: The city of Los Angeles tried to develop a large scale mass transit system, but intense pressure by the auto manufacturers and oil producers stopped the efforts. I guess that makes a nice story, but, almost as always, the simpler answer is far more accurate. Los Angeles started to build a mass transit system. The cost of this system was far in excess of what anyone estimated. Public pressure stopped the efforts. I am not too familiar with the auto manufacturer lobbying effort, but I am rather familiar with the oil producer pressure. And while I am in particular disagreement often with the powers that be in that industry, in this case, I think you are way, way off base.