The San Francisco that might’ve been

San Francisco rapid transit plans (1956)
Image from Eric Fischer‘s Flickr account

I honestly can’t recall how I came across this. Twitter? RSS? Email?

In any case, the image above, published to Flickr by Eric Fischer, is a map of proposed subway and elevated train routes through our fair city. I often imagine what could be transit-wise, failing to remember that some of that stuff is more “what might’ve been.” Or, in some cases, it’s “what used to be.” The freeways-all-over-the-damn-place stuff I can do without. These subway lines, on the other hand, are the shiznit.

(This post ran on Muni Diaries yesterday. Share your BART stories today)

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