Tens of thousands of San Francisco commuters have probably taken a few moments to ponder this simple statement, which has been posted near the operator’s station of every Muni bus and streetcar since the early 1960s: INFORMATION GLADLY GIVEN, BUT SAFETY REQUIRES AVOIDING UNNECESSARY CONVERSATION.The message is simultaneously friendly and forbidding, inviting yet indifferent, personable yet coldly professional.And now, you can wear it.Printed on a 4.5-ounce preshrunk cotton Hanes Contemporary Fit tee, Market Street Railway’s
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The Original BART Logo
The Future of Fisherman’s Wharf
Historic Streetcar No. 1051 in Noe Valley
Meet the Mayor of the F Line Streetcars
Coming to Grips
The LA Times Finds Streetcar Magic in San Francisco
Last weekend the LA Times ran a nice article in its Sunday travel section about the simple pleasures of the F Line, and how San Francisco’s vintage streetcar fleet adds such color to everyday life in the city. Author Caitlin Fitzsimmons writes:I always imagined a trainspotter as an English eccentric in an anorak,
Last Call for 2011 Calendar Photo Submissions
SFMTA Board to Vote on Muni Service Cuts and Fare Hikes this Friday
At a meeting this Friday, February 26, the SFMTA Board of Directors will vote on a number of measures to cut Muni service and increase fares in order to fill a $16.9 million year-end deficit. Under the proposal posted online, Muni riders will be the hardest hit with a second round of service cuts and fare increases in less than a year.
Woody LaBounty and San Francisco’s Carville-by-the-Sea
A quick reminder: historianand author Woody LaBounty will be speaking at the San Francisco Railway Museum this Saturday, tomorrow, at 2:00 PM. His new book Carville-by-the-Sea: San Francisco’s Streetcar Suburb “vividly recalls one of the quirkiest communities in San Francisco’s rich history” made of retired streetcars and cable cars recycled into homes, shops, bars, and everything else that makes up a neighborhood.
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