Transportation
Blast From the Transit Solution Past: New York's Moving Sidewalks
A six-mile loop of moving platforms could have been the congestion solution 1903 New York needed.
Ever wonder what transportation innovation looked like in 1903? Here's a fun one, courtesy the New York Public Library's Digital Gallery:
This design for a series of "underground moving sidewalks" ran in the February 28, 1903 edition of Harper's Weekly, alongside an article about how the city ought to be tackling congestion issues on the eve of new bridge connections bringing commuters and travelers from Brooklyn into New York City.