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This is São Paulo, the largest city on Latim america in the early 50s.
I cannot say for the whole world, but I know that until the 50s it was very common for the main cities in the world, be Berlin, London, Paris or Armsterdan to have tram lines all over the place. In Brazil it was even a cultural thing, with movies like "Tram, the eternal suffer" and songs like "The São Januário tram" talking about them. By the late 50s however, as the cities became more and more stuffed with cars the trams had to be removed to give more space for the cars. My questions are: How to prevent this from happening? And could a "railcentric" society where the transport is focused on trams, metros and other rail transportation succed? Or it would be unpratical?