Washington, DC proposed subway map, 1909 dallas and greater Phoenix had nowhere

and greater Phoenix had nowhere near the infrastructure to deal with it

Three years later

and in the end the politicians couldn't come to a consensus as to what technology to adopt

with the support of Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro

the Chicago Urban Transportation District planned to demolish the iconic elevated loop that runs through downtown Chicago and to replace it with two subway lines

Washington, DC proposed subway map, 1909 dallas and greater Phoenix had nowhereToday the Capitol Subway is a curiosity, but when it first opened the Washington Post thought that the tiny Capitol Subway could be the nucleus of a modern rapid transit system. The Post published the proposal depicted here in December 1909, arguing that the subway would help to lift the nations Capital City out of the ruck of mediocrity. Unusually, the Post proposed to reserve much of the subways capacity for official use, with separate trains would