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IronLionZion

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2. That's around the time Metro started construction for underground trains

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jan 29, 2022, 08:31 AM

Jan 2022

and then decades later they brought streetcars back to DC with the H st line.

There have been articles saying that cities build streetcar systems mainly to encourage developers to build new apartments. They are more permanent than busways but much cheaper than metro.

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On Sunday, January 28, 1962, D.C. Transit abandoned streetcar service in DC. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 OP

Meanwhile in True Blue American Jan 2022 #1

That's around the time Metro started construction for underground trains IronLionZion Jan 2022 #2