Montreal metro proposal, 1944 twin cities While I was looking for

While I was looking for a copy of Detroit's ill-fated 1974 subway plan

This was one of the plans put forth

you had to feed and water them

but the mass transit plan

Montreal metro proposal, 1944 twin cities While I was looking forBefore World War II Montreal had a large, complex streetcar system which was privately owned. Train overcrowding was a major problem during this period, and so various plans were put forth to build a subway system to take trams off the streets. (The earliest plans I've been able to find for a Montreal subway date back to 1912!) This is the 1944 subway plan put forth by the Montreal Tramway Co., which was designed while Montrealers were overcrowding