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Like the more famous Cable Car, the steel wheeled street car or trolley was once in danger of being eliminated completely. In 1974 Maurice Klebolt argued that the old trolleys be run along the waterfront as a tourist attraction. After the completion of the Market Street stretch of the underground BART and MUNI trains in the early 1980's, revival of using the trolleys as surface transportation from the Castro District to Fisherman's Wharf became a popular idea. Because this route is generally flat, it also makes the most of these power hungry steel rail bound transports. San Francisco's bargaining to acquire retired wrecks from all over the world is to be commended. Today, MUNI boasts having more trolley cars with origins in other cities than any other transit agency in the world. In exchange for one California Street Cable Car, the original "Street Car Named Desire" was acquired from New Orleans. Similarly, unique historic trolleys have been acquired from Oporto, Portugal, Kobe and Hiroshima, Japan, Hamburg, Germany, Orel and Moscow, Russia, Melbourne, Australia, and other places outside the USA. One open-topped street car from Blackpool, England is among this group of antiques that have been restored and painted to the original international colors. These cars are so treasured though that they are not always operational. Among those in regular service are the original double-ended street cars built for MUNI in 1948, some of which are painted to the colors of trolleys in St. Louis and Philadelphia. There are 13 single-ended cars originally built for Philadelphia in 1946, but which have been restored and painted to the colors of same design metro trolleys in Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Chicago, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Boston, Baltimore, Louisville, Newark, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. In addition, 10 "Peter DeWitt" cars from Milan Italy, having a central conductor to collect fares, have been purchased. Links below detail much more about this system. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/MetroWebsite: http://www.streetcar.org/ Other Contact: http://www.sfmta.com/cms/mrider/
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Unlike most of the cities in the US I have been to or lived in, San Francisco imo has decent mass transportation. . I honestly could stay here indefinitely without a car, and never miss a thing (I can de-plane at SFO, hop on Bart, and be at my hotel in about 40 minutes for about $5.00 ..... try that in Colorado, TX, or LA...) The muni, walking, and affordable & reliable cabs get me all over town safely, quickly and relatively hassle-free. BART gets you almost anywhere in the Bay Area. Here are the BART Fares & Schedules to download in PDF format. Ferrry Service gets you over the water to Marin County. Lots of my friends commute into the City via BART regularly & painlessly from Walnut Creek, Oakland, etc. I have found the MUNI to be safe, clean, and somewhat reliable whenever I have used it (disclaimer... but I'm just a tourist, I don't depend on it everyday at rush hour....) My favorite time-saving MUNI run is downtown metro (under Market St.) from Castro to Embarcadero. MUNI INFO HERE: MUNI 411 Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/MetroWebsite: http://transit.511.org/index.asp
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