On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 1:26:04 AM UTC-4, Glen Labah wrote:   
      
   > Sure, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, etc. all retained small    
   > remnants, but Toronto is the only city in North America to keep vast    
   > segments intact.   
      
   Philadelphia had a massive streetcar system, but the transit company was   
   purchased by a unit of General Motors (and other automotive companies) in the   
   1950s. GM immediately sold the system 1,000 buses to replace the streetcars.    
   Only a fragment remained.    
    According to long standing company managers and Phila city officials of the   
   time, the GM unit looted the transit system's treasury, leaving it in lousy   
   shape.   
      
   Had GM not purchased the system, the core high volume streetcar routes   
   would've remained in service.  Overall, service quality would've been better.   
      
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