Originally Posted by
acidfast7
Due to the huge sunk cost and lack of changing routes once laid compared to busses, I believe that cities/metro areas would have stayed smaller and more contained compared to where busses were employed.
The huge sunk cost of trams/trolleys (rails and electric generators/wires) was money already spent. There was nothing to be gained by retaining an obsolete system and throwing more money after bad in order to keep street rail's lack of flexibility in routing which you perversely consider an advantage.