Reader comments: A desire named 'street car'

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Lew Jeppson | 12:41 a.m. May 18, 2008
I support your position entirely. However, do you, as I ever contemplate the massive waste occasioned by the destruction of private street car systems and interurban rail systems? Government did this, and now we are rebuilding this capactiy at enormous expense. I'm delighted to have rail back, but this waste is one of the great untold stories of U S transportation history.
Rex | 8:48 a.m. May 18, 2008
In Portland, the streetcars share a lane with cars. No waste, no 'great untold story'.

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Passengers board Athens' new tram at Syndagma square station in the city center in July 2004. Trams had not run in the Greek capital since 1960. (Fayez Nureldine, Getty Images)
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Passengers board Athens' new tram at Syndagma square station in the city center in July 2004. Trams had not run in the Greek capital since 1960.