"The 250,000 miles of railroad lines that defined the continent's architecture of settlement beginning from the mid-nineteenth century, was the envy of the world. The second, the sturdy interurban, meshed city and city, city and countryside over many miles. The lightest, the electric streetcar, the city's artery, connected downtown and neighborhoods, the dwelling and working places of America. The efficiency of this triad of railed movement set the outlines that produced the finest streetscapes and architecture in America."
Taken from Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back, by Jane Holtz Kay
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