And speaking of poor corporate judgement, General Motors Canada's PR director issued an apology for GM ads characterizing public transit users as freaks and weirdos. The ads weren't all that surprising coming from GM, who have a long history of undermining public transit. In the '30s and '40s, GM used front companies to buy privately owned transit systems and dismantle them. This page describes how they got rid of streetcars throughout California, except for San Francisco where the transit system was owned by the city.