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Cloverleaf: The Unproduced Sequel to Chinatown
In the 40s and 50s, 25 cities across America had like really, really good transit systems. These 25 cities got their electric streetcars bought out by this one company. This one company ended up turning all of their streetcars into buses. The investors in this one company that was called National City Lines were General Motors, Phillips Petroleum, Standard Oil,. Firestone Tire, Mac Trucks.