"Banned from nearly all cities in France except Lille, Saint-Etienne, and Marseille, the tramway was sacrificed to the rise of automobile mobility. Seen as outdated, shaky, and primarily a barrier to car development, the tramway was also overshadowed by industrial growth in France and the decline of rolling stock manufacturing from the late 1930s."
Saint-Étienne tram line T3 with low-floor articulated tram 922 near Dalgabio (2007)By Jean Poul Fournier.