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Philadelphia's trolley system was truly massive before it was dismantled bit by bit in the last half of the 20th century
Few people know this
Miami settled for half a loaf and only ended up building half of the Metrorail system that they had planned
only two of the five metropolitan counties joined the MARTA district when the initial system was approved
" and the new Union Loop had been built over the streets of downtown Chicago
Los Angeles' "Sunset Coast Line" rapid transit proposal, 1976 taipei_metro Philadelphia's trolley system was trulyThis is the largest and most ambitious of Los Angeles' rapid transit plans, designed by Supervisor Baxter Ward in 1976. It was put in front of the electorate and lost by a huge margin. (Ironically, the exact same tax would be passed as Measure M, 40 years later). Most of this would have run in existing railway rights of way, or in freeway medians, and would have included special cars for carrying bikes and surfboards. I found a copy of the original