The popular San Francisco neighborhood news website, Hoodline, reports on Market Street Railway’s priorities for improving historic streetcar service.
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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!
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]
Backlash Against Removing F-line wires for Super Bowl
Switch to Cameron Beach Goes Smoothly
Fleet Heads Back to Cameron Beach Tonight!
Attention shutterbugs! The F-line’s historic streetcars will head back to Cameron Beach Division via the J-Church line today and tonight (Friday, November 6). Grab your cameras and snap away!
F-line Buses, No E-line Labor Day Weekend
Clearing Cars from Market Street
New Development Fee Could Benefit Streetcars
[caption id="attachment_7794" align="alignleft" width="920"] Streetcar No. 1055, wearing its original 1946 Philadelphia livery, passes new condos on Market at Buchanan. Michael Macor photo for the Chronicle.[/caption]
No Streetcars on F-line This Weekend
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