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A crash program to restore electrified mass transit to cities is a necessary component of reducing the country's dependence on oil and in moving toward a conservative, and sustainable, energy future. Alan Drake in The Oil Drum lists by metropolitan area planned projects that could start immediately, given sensible reallocation of, for example, Iraq war spending. Paul and Percival Goodman's 1961 essay "Banning Cars from Manhattan" touches on some of the likely social benefits.