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social science subjects > economics > economic concepts > urban transportation > streetcars
... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > urban and suburban life > urban transportation > streetcars
... > social science subjects > geography > human geography > regional geography > urban studies > urban transportation > streetcars
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streetcars  

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  • From the 1880s to at least the 1930s, streetcars provided the main means of transport in cities across the world. Horse-pulled and later electrically powered railways constituted the means by which many urban centers underwent an unprecedented physical and demographic expansion. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Streetcars]

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