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Video Birthday Card
Muni turns 103 this week (December 28) — the first publicly owned big city transit system in the United States.
Seems only fitting to celebrate history with videos of Muni’s historic vehicles, keeping the past present in the future. First, F-line streetcars, shot this past summer by one of our best contributing photographers, Kevin Mueller:
And, to bookend the streetcars, some of the best natural sound we’ve heard on a cable car video. Just a pure ride, the only music coming from the percussive click of the cable, the ratchet of the hand brake, and of course, the bells.
Happy Birthday, Muni!
Spirit of the Season
[caption id="attachment_8300" align="alignnone" width="960"] Curley Reed photo[/caption]
Members’ Day at the Museum Dec. 19: 20% Discount
Saturday, December 19 is the day for Market Street Railway Members to get great deals on gifts (including ones for yourself!) at our San Francisco Railway Museum.
Flop
‘Tis the Season!
Wires, Yes. Super Bowl Week Streetcars, Still No.
[caption id="attachment_8168" align="alignnone" width="700"] The first two blocks of Market Street, from Steuart (here) west to Main will still be closed to streetcars during Super Bowl week, forcing the substitution of buses on the F-line the entire length of Market Street.[/caption]
Red Lanes on Powell Seem to Work
Powell Street cable cars have some breathing room now, with the implementation of an 18-month test to ban private automobiles from Powell between Geary and Ellis Streets. The SFMTA Board of Directors recently approved the plan, which Market Street Railway has been advocating for more than a year, and signage went up along with the signature red lanes San Francisco uses to denote “transit only.”
Backlash Against Removing F-line wires for Super Bowl
Switch to Cameron Beach Goes Smoothly
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