I thought the ridership thing was debunked? The streetcars were hardly running empty in 1956. I imagine it was a pretty jarring change, if you were a rider at that time, to experience the transition from a rail based to bus system. In NYC they some times replace train service with buses that replicate the train routes so that they can do track maintenance on the weekends. Even on the weekend, which is "off peak," it's always a complete clusterfuck because bus systems don't move people as efficiently as rail based systems.
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