THE FUTURE IN TRANSIT: A StoryMap on imagining transportation in the U.S. since the 1800s by Amelia Roth-Dishy

April 30, 2021

The Future in Transit

A StoryMap on imagining transportation in the U.S. since the 1800s by Amelia Roth-Dishy.

A person in a small glass car to the left and person on a three wheel bike to the right.

 

What visions of tomorrow's cities might be found in forgotten ideas from history? This ongoing project looks at how urban actors and transit enthusiasts, largely in the United States, thought about their own mobility over the past two centuries, through a motley and in no way comprehensive assortment of images, quotes, and ideas.