So your suspicions are partially verifiable. The automobile industry did buy laws (and the LA subway-trolley system) to favor cars in America. https://www.you

So your suspicions are partially verifiable. The automobile industry did buy laws (and the LA subway-trolley system) to favor cars in America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxopfjXkArM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxopfjXkArM https://gizmodo.com/90-years-ago-the-los-angeles-subway-was-born-in-this-l-1744653992 https://gizmodo.com/90-years-ago-the-los-angeles-subway-was-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp... Apparently LA's loss of underground subway was tied to its loss of overland subway, as well. They seem to have been the same system?