Market Street Railway is delighted to join many others in welcoming Ed Reiskin as Executive Director/CEO of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. The Chronicle’s Rachel Gordon has an overview today of what he faces in his new job.
Muni News
Calling Melbourne. Come in, Melbourne!
Was blind, but now I see.
First Rewired PCC Starts Carrying Passengers
No. 1071 being tested in March. Jeremy Whiteman Photo
Ouch. Another Buck For a Cable Car
Colorful. And expensive.
Dubious Tribute, Coming and Going
No. 1080 arriving back in San Francisco June 24.
“I’m Ugly Now, But Just Wait…”
More Auto Restrictions on Market Street?
F-line boarding island at Fourth Street
Sunday Sightings
Muni Honors Cam Beach
Cam Beach with Muni Executive Director Nat Ford and Cam’s favorite vintage streetcar, 1914 car No. 162, part of Muni’s original fleet. SFMTA photo.
Great Photo Archive Starts Coming Online
One of San Francisco’s great photographic treasures belongs to Muni! Or more specifically, its parent agency, the SFMTA. It includes wonderful images that actually extend back before Muni opened in 1912: glass plates and negatives from erstwhile competitors United Railroads (URR) and our namesake, Market Street Railway, acquired in the 1944 merger of transit systems in the city.
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