Toronto Subway expansion plan, 1985 Size:18x24 But it was not to

But it was not to last: the streetcar network had suffered from poor maintenance

which requires passengers to go downtown to transfer

and the system went into a long

Green Line extension to Somerville

Seattle has lots of hills which are too steep for even an electric streetcar to climb

Toronto Subway expansion plan, 1985 Size:18x24 But it was not toToronto's subway system expansion stalled in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Money was short, the densest parts of the Greater Toronto Area were adequately served by the Yonge and Bloor subways, and the Toronto Transit Commission was experimenting with maglev lines to satisfy the rapid transit needs of the suburbs. (The result of the ultimately unsuccessful maglev was the Scarborough RT, now known as Line 3.) After maglev petered out, the Progressive