Taken for a Ride

Year: 1996

Runtime: 52 mins

Language: English

Director: Martha Olson

Documentary

The documentary examines why the United States lags behind other industrialized nations in public‑transit quality while maintaining an extensive freeway network. It traces how the American automobile industry, through lobbying, subsidies and strategic planning, helped engineer the systematic dismantling of urban rail and bus systems, reshaping cities for car‑centric dependence.

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