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Now you can watch it at home when it fits your schedule.<\/p>\n<p>This is still an important documentary for all transportation activists.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1100\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/x6dt8ji\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what largely contributed to American cities losing their street car systems. It was a part of the film&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2019\/06\/11\/how-gm-destroyed-americas-street-car-systems\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3Kr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10771,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2016\/05\/28\/meeting-with-car-free-mayor-of-americas-bike-capital-davis-ca\/","url_meta":{"origin":14411,"position":0},"title":"Meeting with Car Free Mayor of America&#8217;s Bike Capital, Davis, CA","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"May 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Before the May 27\u00a0\u00a0Bike Party Davis, I had an awesome meeting with the soon to be official Mayor of Davis, car-free, real bullets cyclist Robb Davis. 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