0 an electric vehicle for carrying passengers, mostly in cities, which runs along metal tracks in the road -- tramvay
Involves regulation of private sector; related to local business, entertainment, temperance, streetcar regulations, or morality.
Railroads and streetcar lines articulated the connections between the different functioning parts of the city.
One of the obstructions mentioned in the article were the lamps that hung over certain streetcar tracks.
Travelling by streetcar, tourists could peep into a bygone world offering scenes far from ' 'everyday living ' ' and ' ' modern ways.
In 1867, they led the successful direct action campaign to abolish segregation on the city's streetcars, the so-called "star" cars.
Some middle-class groups also supported municipal ownership of the streetcars but others favoured more extensive public regulation of private streetcar companies as the best way to ensure high-quality service.
Accordingly, the streetcars may be required to slowdown or even stop prior to crossing roadways.
But before about 1960, they played a minor role compared to streetcars.
