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By the 1940s, streetcar ridership had dropped dramatically, and few subdivisions were being built with streetcars or mass transit in general in mind.
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By 1890, there were more than 20 private companies operating streetcar lines in Fort Worth.
By the end of 1899 the streetcar reached out along Mayfield Road to the old village of Fairmount.
By 1938, Pacific City Lines ( PCL ) was formed to purchase streetcar systems in the western United States.
By 1947 the company owned or controlled more than 100 electric streetcar systems in 45 cities including, but not limited to, Baltimore, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, Oakland, Philadelphia and Tulsa.
By 1900, it had acquired virtually all of the rapid transit and streetcar operations in its target area:
By June 6, 1896, an interurban streetcar line — the Mount Vernon, Alexandria and Washington Railway — also crossed the bridge.
By the early 1890s, streetcar lines reached the park, carrying nearly 3 million visitors a year, and after the closing of the city zoo, its animals were moved to the park during this time.
By 1900, the rough frontier settlement of wooden buildings and sandy streets had been transformed into a bustling town with brick buildings and streets, a streetcar line, and many social and cultural opportunities.
By the early 1900s, downtown Columbus residents and professors from Ohio State University had built summer homes in Clintonville and the surrounding farmland was developed into housing developments shortly after the extension of the streetcar lines northward from Columbus.
By 1900, full streetcar service was in the area, led by the Charles River Street Railway, which built its first railway through Inman Square in 1881.
By 1912, 45 minute streetcar service from Van Nuys to downtown and the " no speed limit " paved road ( if you could get your " Model A " to do 30 mph ) were key selling points.
By 1890, electric streetcar lines were replacing horse-drawn ones in cities of all sizes, allowing the lines to be extended and fostering a tremendous amount of suburban development.
By the 1930s, the once-profitable streetcar companies were diversifying by adding motorized buses and trackless trolleys to their fleets.
By the 1950s, nearly all streetcar lines had stopped running, and were instead served by buses.
By the next year it had consolidated ownership of a number of horse-drawn streetcar lines, composing a fleet of 7816 horses and 1480 rail vehicles.
By this time the Brooklyn City operated 27 streetcar lines.
By 1933, the TTC introduced the local bus and streetcar stop design, a white pole with a red band on the top and bottom.
By 1925, all streetcar tracks had been removed from the central part of downtown, and tracks along Atlantic Avenue north of Summer Street ( Dewey Square ) took streetcars around downtown.
By 1895 a streetcar line had been extended to the park, allowing easier access.
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