At its height in the early 1920s, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company operated more than 900 streetcars. The last one ran in 1954.

Car-dependent suburbs suck. But that doesn't mean that all suburbs suck. It is possible to build suburbs that don't suck, and the US and Canada used to design great suburbs all the time. But even ...

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The Converse Heights neighborhood of Spartanburg is full of older, historic homes like 486 Connecticut Ave., a five-bedroom residence built in 1940 and currently listed for $1.45 million.

Streetcar and automobile suburbs developed very different landscapes and both have been modified over time. Despite considerable variation, streetcar suburbs produced a smaller and more dense ...

One of the nation’s last true streetcar suburbs is riding toward two sets of tax increases as the future of its transit-oriented but vacancy-prone downtown remains up in the air.

While streetcar suburbs would benefit from extended sewer lines upon annexation, automotive suburbs were fundamentally different — isolated from all urban services.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The extension of the Portland Streetcar line is becoming one step closer to reality, but at least one business owner fears he and others could be forced out.

Since the 1940s, there has been a broad shift away from public transit across the U.S., and service has declined in many cities, including New York, Boston, Denver, Orlando, and St. Louis.A look ...

The boom of exclusive streetcar suburb development was driven by elite flight from the inner city and its growing slums. After the Civil War, Black people newly freed from enslavement streamed ...

Converse Heights is one of Spartanburg’s original “streetcar suburbs.” One of its homes, a 5,400-square-foot residence built in 1941, went up for sale in June.