Old and New Transport

We learned that the growing car culture in the East Valley overtook the development of the mass transit. In 1887 the first streetcar line pulled by horses and mules, began in Phoenix. A four-mile round trip cost a dime. The streetcar system shut down by 1948 and now buses provide the main form of transportation for Phoenicians without cars. I may say that it is not efficient, as the busses seldom pass and they do not crisscross all main streets. When our car was broken and for 8 days in December 2004 we did not have a car and were stranded at home at Christmas, we experienced the public transport system in Chandler. We had to walk for hours to buy our groceries. Once we were a threat for the traffic as we were walking along a new road without sidewalks and a police car stopped and the policeman offered us a ride back home. We saw on display the first U-Haul, America’s finest rental trailers. Now their successors are large trucks with the “U-Haul” sign on them.