alternatehistory.com

Back in the 1910s, the city of Cincinnati began construction on a subway system as a means of supplementing its streetcar network. But due to budget shortfalls, changes in city leadership, the Great Depression, and the post-WWII shift to car-centric development, the subway was never completed or opened. Even with the newly built streetcar system that just opened a few days ago, there are no current plans to utilize the existing four mile-long tunnel for modern-day transit use.

What would it take for the system to be at least partly operational before, say, 2000? and what effects would it have on the city's development throughout the 20th century?
Top