Indianapolis streetcar system and interurban light rail map, 1916 Size:24x36 and seven regional electric lines

and seven regional electric lines which ran to surrounding towns

there were all kinds of opportunities for Congressional shenanigans

and its expansion was only possible due to the post-WW2 expansion of cheap residential air conditioning

or at least try for it

and the two cities tried to one-up each other through infrastructure projects

Indianapolis streetcar system and interurban light rail map, 1916 Size:24x36 and seven regional electric linesIndianapolis used to have the largest interurban light rail system in the country. The old Traction Terminal across the street from the State House had 500 trains a day going in and out of its central terminal before World War I. It also had a correspondingly large city streetcar system to match. But this was not to last: the spread of the automobile, the truck and the bus put many of the interurban lines out of business. By the crash of 1929, the