Muni Rapid: Dreams of the 1960s
“MRT” or “Mart” just don’t have the same ring to them as “BART,” I suppose. But that didn’t stop 1960s planners from imagining an extensive underground rapid-transit system spidering its way all around San Francisco. Eric Fischer has a series of concept drawings like the ones here, along with maps of the proposed system. Go to his Flickr set and spend the next several minutes geeking out, imagining zipping down below Geary on your way to Burma Superstar, or wherever.
Market Street Railway discusses the proposed subway, but says voters defeated it in 1966.
Muni Rapid (1966/1967) set on Flickr.
Muni Rapid Concept Vehicle — look familiar?
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August 12th, 2011 in
Muni historical ephemera | tags: 1960s
If that plan had been approved it would have been a good upgrade to Geary service, from streetcar to bus to subway. But, of course, it wasn’t approved, so all we can do is dream on about the return of rail to Geary St.
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