McKinney Avenue Trolleys
McKinney Avenue Trolleys
McKinney Avenue Trolleys
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<strong>McKinney</strong> <strong>Avenue</strong> <strong>Trolleys</strong> (Jim Cumbie) Streetcar lines grew and prospered in Dallas from 1872 until the 1920s. Automobile competition siphoned many of their riders away, but ridership soared again during World War II . After the war, the trolleys entered an era of gradual attrition, and they were abandoned by 1956. Amazingly, in 1989, the nonprofit <strong>McKinney</strong> <strong>Avenue</strong> Transit Authority (MATA ) returned restored vintage trolley cars to the city in the Uptown neighborhood near downtown. MATA evolved from a tourist attraction into a true transit company and became the M-Line. Since then, the area has experienced rapid growth and is now home to midrise office buildings and upscale apartments.<br />
<strong>McKinney</strong> <strong>Avenue</strong> <strong>Trolleys</strong>
<strong>McKinney</strong> <strong>Avenue</strong> <strong>Trolleys</strong>
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