Toronto streetcar system map print, 1932 puget_sound rapid transit

rapid transit

which was every bit the evil monopolist that its opponents accused it of being

all that exists of the proposed Queen Street subway consists of one empty platform at the Queen station on Line 1

simply don't have enough people or population density to justify the cost of a subway

Portland was built around the streetcar

Toronto streetcar system map print, 1932 puget_sound rapid transitToronto, unusually among North American cities, kept most of its streetcar system from before World War II. I drew a map of the system based on a 1932 original, and it's surprisingly extensive, matching much of what the network looks like now, even though the two busiest lines the Yonge Spadina and Bloor Danforth lines have been replaced with rapid transit lines. This map was featured by BlogTO. Designed in New York City, printed in Nashville,