Pittsburgh proposed SkyBus rapid transit plan, 1967 metro_map but this was only a

but this was only a temporary reprieve for Portland’s streetcar system

Toronto's subway system expansion stalled in the late 1970s and early 1980s

with a strikingly visual—and fun—journey through past

Whereas the other map I drew is full of quirky 1920s details

Pittsburgh proposed SkyBus rapid transit plan, 1967 metro_map but this was only aThe prosperity and rapid technological advances of the postwar era encouraged engineers to freely develop technical innovations in rapid transit, many of which would have been dismissed as pipe dreams only a generation before. One of these innovations was the SkyBus system, developed by Westinghouse Electric in their Pittsburgh labs. SkyBus was one of the first fully automatic rapid transit systems, and it was meant for first deployment in