Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

DC Transit

In the flotsam and jetsam of gobs of cut newspaper articles, files and other stuff scattered about at an estate sale, I snagged a transit brochure targeting tourists, published by the old DC Transit system. Not listing any streetcars, it's from sometime in the early 1960s.
Cover images, DC Transit brochure, ca. 1960s
Note the skyrail system by the U.S. Capitol.

Downtown DC bus routes, DC Transit brochure, ca. 1960s

Transit Tips, DC Transit brochure, ca. 1960s

Maryland bus routes, DC Transit brochure, ca. 1960s

I have a slightly earlier map of the transit system, not published by the DC Transit system, also picked up at an estate sale.
Map of DC bus routes and streetcar lines, circa 1960

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