Pacific City Lines was a company formed in 1937 as a subsidiary to
National City Lines in
Oakland, California
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. Its function was to purchase
streetcar systems in the western
United States
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as part of what became known as the
Great American streetcar scandal
The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to ...
. General Motors made investments in 1938.
In 1947 Pacific City Lines, was Indictment, indicted with General Motors and others on two counts:
*Conspiracy (civil), conspiring to acquire control of a number of transit companies, forming a transportation monopoly
*conspiring to monopolize sales of buses and supplies to companies owned or controlled by National City Lines, Inc., or Pacific City Lines, Inc.
The company was merged into National City Lines in 1948.
See also
*General Motors streetcar conspiracy
*
National City Lines
*Key System
References
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Public transportation in California
Bus transportation in California