Dallas streetcar system and connecting interurbans map print, 1919 Size:12x16 because of the sheer number

because of the sheer number and complexity of the routing patterns

This map was featured in Atlas Obscura and Hoodline

This network survived well into the 20th century

My cousin commissioned this map of the old Boston Elevated Railway rapid transit network to put on their wall

The 1945 master plan for Toronto's rapid transit system put a subway line under Yonge Street

Dallas streetcar system and connecting interurbans map print, 1919 Size:12x16 because of the sheer numberDallas had the largest streetcar system in Texas during the interwar period. I drew a map of the system near its height in 1919. In addition to the local streetcar system, the interurban system covered an area substantially larger than the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex is today, going as far as Waco, 80 miles away. This system, like most other streetcar systems in the United States, was eventually dismantled, though some parts of the system survived