Transit Maps: mass transit

Historical Map: Proposed Mass Transit System, Milwaukee WI, 1948

October 27, 2020

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Milwaukee dreaming big in the last days of rail-based mass transit in that city. I can’t find many specifics about this plan, though I do know that the City was attempting to purchase the transit lines in Milwaukee from its private operators at the time, so this study may have something to do with that. On this map, the thin black lines represent local services, probably a mix of diesel bus, “trackless trolley” and streetcar […]

Submission – Historical Map: Proposed Underground Mass Transit, Jakarta, Indonesia, c. 1993

August 12, 2014

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1993, 4 stars, Asia, Indonesia, Jakarta, mass transit, MRT, Parsons Brinckerhoff, photo, proposal, rendering

Submitted by Josh Brandt, who says: I used to work at a university, and one day while poking through some dumpsters I found a big hardbound book full of architectural drawings and tables and things, a final report on developing a mass transit system for Jakarta. I don’t know if that sort of thing interests you, but here are some pictures of pages from it. They planned for 2 lines, NS and EW, and mapped […]