LA is a cruel town for a kid without a driver’s license. When General Motors and Standard Oil killed the streetcar, they didn’t consider how difficult they made the lives of kids under sixteen. In 1963, the last trolley was sold for scrap, condemning teens my age to a life of aimless walking or begging their mothers to drop them off at the movies. Bus transportation was an option, but the infrequent stops and byzantine routes that dropped you far from your destination were designed by the auto industry to punish the poor for not buying a car.
