Indianapolis streetcar system and interurban light rail map, 1916 Size:24x36 which was modeled after the

which was modeled after the San Francisco BART system

and seven regional electric lines which ran to surrounding towns

Over two decades before the Washington Metro system was approved

or at least try for it

released in 1962

Indianapolis streetcar system and interurban light rail map, 1916 Size:24x36 which was modeled after theIndianapolis used to have the largest interurban light rail system in the country. The old Traction Terminal across the street from the State House had 500 trains a day going in and out of its central terminal before World War I. It also had a correspondingly large city streetcar system to match. But this was not to last: the spread of the automobile, the truck and the bus put many of the interurban lines out of business. By the crash of 1929, the