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====The Rise of the Automobile====
[[File:Panoramic_view_of_Los_Angeles,_showing_Sixth_Street,_Figueroa_Street,_Flower_Street,_east_side_of_Sixth_Street,_ca.1916_(CHS-5795.6).jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|View of Sixth St., Figueroa St., Flower St. and Sixth St. cs. 1916, Los Angeles]]
Just as PE’s and LARY’s problems began to intensify, they were faced with a new and more flexible transportation option, the automobile. At the turn of the century, automobiles were rare and expansive, but that quickly changed. In 1908, the Ford Motor Company introduced the Model T. The Model T was not only solid and well-built, but it was also fairly cheap. Within a few years of the car’s introduction, the Model T became affordable for middle-class Americans. The Model T was especially well-suited for the growing Los Angeles sprawl. Unsurprisingly, Angelinos bought more cars per capita than anywhere else in the country. By 1915, on average there was one car for every 43.1 Americans, but in Los Angeles, there was one car for every 8.2 Angelinos. Over the next ten years, car ownership grew dramatically. In 1920, there was one car per 3.6 Angelinos and five years later there was one car for every 1.8 citizens.<ref>Bottles, 92.</ref> Angelinos owned more cars per capita than any other urban area in the world.<ref>Fishman, 162.</ref> Increasingly, Angelinos were turning to automobiles to navigate Southern California growing road network.
