Twin City Rapid Transit map print, 1948 long_beach and the government bought it

and the government bought it on the cheap to build a light rail line to the Mexican border

minimalistic and reduces the freeway network to its absolute essentials

There was just one problem: it was a gigantic pain to get downtown

It would've had two tracks beneath Broadway and Fifth Avenue

Twin City Rapid Transit map print, 1948 long_beach and the government bought itThe Twin City Rapid Transit Co. provided comprehensive mass transit for the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul until it was taken over by the Metropolitan Council in 1970. In 1948, depicted here, streetcar systems were being replaced across the country, and the company was the subject of a takeover bid from a man named Charles Green. Green would complete his takeover the next year, announcing that Twin City Rapid Transit's enormous streetcar