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Many problems with the Pacific electric system
- trains were too slow because of the heavy steel construction and underpowered electric motors
- gets stuck in traffic because the idea of traffic separated track hadn't been invented yet
- fare set by California State Railroad Commission
Los Angeles simply wasn't visionary enough to see that traffic would become such a huge problem in the future when they got rid of it in the 40s
It wasn't until the 70s that Europe started to revive the tram