Nothing prevented other people from creating new rail systems. I wasn’t aware Gm bought rail systems. I thought they bought trollies and light rail systems.
Trollies and light rail systems are public transportation railways. The governments (state or otherwise) prevented other people from creating new rail systems. You can’t just decide to build a train system without approvals.
Interstates were created for the military.
Nothing prevented other people from creating new rail systems. I wasn’t aware Gm bought rail systems. I thought they bought trollies and light rail systems.
That’s news to me, have a source for it?
Trollies and light rail systems are public transportation railways. The governments (state or otherwise) prevented other people from creating new rail systems. You can’t just decide to build a train system without approvals.
https://www.army.mil/article/198095/dwight_d_eisenhower_and_the_birth_of_the_interstate_highway_system#:~:text=Congress passed the Federal-Aid,landing strips for military aircraft.
I learned something new today!
The history is fascinating. It all started with a trip to San Francisco that took two weeks