San Diego subway proposal map print, 1975 Size:24x36 which had a monopoly over

which had a monopoly over local transportation

The system had begun to shut down even before the Great Depression

and the B train doesn't run on weekends

KC Railways' streetcars survived (under new ownership) until 1957

Detroit was booming

San Diego subway proposal map print, 1975 Size:24x36 which had a monopoly overThe modern San Diego Trolley was the product of cheapness. In the 1970s, expensive, full blown subway systems like the Washington Metro and BART were in fashion, and San Diego wanted one too. The problem, as always, was money. San Diego's engineers and urban planners came up with the subway plan depicted here to cover the entire region, but the cost was too high for the politicians to justify. Instead, San Diego built the modern San Diego Trolley