Boston Urban Ring Project, 2009 Size:18x18 The Washington Metro was the

The Washington Metro was the product of the residents of the District of Columbia revolting against downtown freeways

His system was vastly superior to all others that it set the standard for urban transportation for decades

but largely the system was demolished to build I-75

Continuing my theme of transportation infrastructure

(The Duquesne Incline

Boston Urban Ring Project, 2009 Size:18x18 The Washington Metro was theBoston largely eschewed rail extensions in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, preferring to invest instead in busway networks. The most ambitious of these plans was the Urban Ring and its companion project, the Silver Line Phase 3 tunnel. This would ring central Boston with a busway network and build a second downtown tunnel for the Silver Line to allow through running through downtown Boston. The projects were cancelled for lack of money.