SF News Could Muni Eliminate the Cable Cars? That’s on the Table, as the Agency Faces a Possible $320 Million Deficit Dark days loom for Muni after the failure of Prop L, an incoming Trump presidency, and a deficit as high as $322 million, so there’s talk of eliminating the cable cars, or axing some lesser-used bus lines outright.
SF News Elderly Woman Struck By Cable Car Wins $11 Million Settlement From SF A woman who was struck and injured by a cable car in Russian Hill in December 2022 has won an $11 million settlement.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Vintage Cable Car Dedicated to Tony Bennett A refurbished 1907 cable car was dedicated to the late Tony Bennett today, for Valentine's Day; Lyft saw its stock price leap up due to a typo in an earnings report; and the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade was marred by a deadly shooting.
SF News [Updated] Six People Injured When Cable Car Makes Hard Stop on Nob Hill A San Francisco cable car had to make a hard stop to avoid colliding with another vehicle Monday afternoon, resulting in some passenger injuries.
SF News The Cable Car Turns 150 Years Old Today As you may know, the cable car was a San Francisco invention, conceived of as a solution to some tragic accidents that involved horse-drawn streetcars. And August 2, 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the first cable car being tested on Clay Street.
SF News Cable Car Derails in Nob Hill, Two Injured, And This May Have Been a Hit-And-Run A Wednesday night cable car derailment appears to have left two Muni operators injured, and while details are scarce, the derailment may have been caused by a hit-and-run motorist.
SF News Man Fatally Shot on Market Street Near Powell A man was fatally shot Monday night near Powell Street Station and Union Square, in a rare incident for the popular area.
SF News Photos: SFMTA Celebrates First In-Person Muni Heritage Day in Two Years With Free Rides on Vintage Vehicles This past weekend, the SFMTA honored Muni Heritage Day by offering free rides on some of the city's historically significant (and rarely ridden) buses and trolleys to the delight of droves of public transit nerds — a first since the pandemic began in March of 2020.
SF News SFMTA Says They Need $625 Million to Fix the Cable Cars While the SFMTA did receive $1 billion in federal stimulus money, spending more than half of it on just cable cars seems foolish, so expect the agency to put a tax measure on the 2022 ballot.
SF News Smoke Alarm and Power Outage at Cable Car Barn Leads to Shutdown of All Cable Car Service An evacuation due to a smoke alarm at the SFMTA's cable car barn, and a subsequent power outage, led to a suspension of service on all cable car lines Thursday afternoon.
SF News Clang! Clang! Clang!: SF's Cable Cars Return to Service Today With Free Rides San Francisco's iconic cable cars return to limited service Monday for the first time in nearly 17 months, after a few weeks in which they were in testing and retraining mode.
SF News Cable Cars Return For Testing and (Maybe) Free Rides San Francisco's iconic cable cars rolled back into testing mode on Monday, with a few operators reportedly offering free rides while the cars undergo weeks of testing, to the delight of locals and tourists alike.
SF News San Francisco's Cable Cars Will Be Free to Ride When They Come Back in August SF's iconic cable cars are set to return to limited service in August, and both locals and tourists will be able to ride them for free for the entire month.
SF News San Francisco's Iconic Cable Cars Likely To Stay Off the Streets Well Into 2021 Chalk it up to another — albeit temporary — casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. SF's beloved cable cars are going to remain offline indefinitely, likely until a vaccine puts a final end to the spread of the virus, and both operators and riders can be assured of safety.
SF News Somebody Warn The Tourists: Cable Cars To Go Offline For 10 Days In September San Francisco's cable cars are all going out of service for ten days next month as part of a gearbox rehabilitation project — and anyone coming to town and hoping to take a ride on one will be sorely disappointed, and offered a bus ride instead.
SF News SF's Oldest Cable Car Comes Back Into Service After 77-Year Break A San Francisco cable car built in 1883 that was last in active service in 1942 is being put back to work, possibly starting next month.
SF News SF's Cable Cars See Drop In Ridership Possibly Due To Long Lines Ridership on SF's historic cable cars, which are considered a must for many tourists, seems to be on the decline, and the Chronicle's Matier & Ross surmise this may be because fares went
SF News Scathing Report Reveals Cable Car Conductors Fail To Collect 37% Of Cash Fares, More Stings Planned The San Francisco Controller's Office conducted an undercover investigation of cable car operators and on Monday released its finings to Muni’s Board of Directors and the general public. Ding, ding, ding it's
SF News Lunchtime Links: Cable Car Collision Causes Rush-Hour Delays A 48-year-old man who was attempting to intervene in a fight at Sixth and Mission Streets was beaten with a cane for his efforts on Tuesday afternoon, and sent to the hospital with
SF News San Francisco Cable Car Conductor Faces Felony Charges After Allegedly Pocketing Fares A conductor on one of San Francisco's historic cable cars is behind bars Thursday, after officials say a two-month-long investigation revealed that the man had been swiping the cash fares paid by riders.
SF News 93-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Struck By Cable Car On Mason Street In the first case of a death by a cable car collision in nearly a decade, a 93-year-old man who was struck by a cable car Sunday afternoon has died from his injuries.
SF News 70 Years Ago This Week The Mayor Tried To Kill Off San Francisco's Cable Cars The will of San Franciscans to hold on to things we love, and fight change when it doesn't feel right, is a source of terrific frustration to real estate developers and others in
Arts & Entertainment Video: Inside SF's Cable Car Carpentry Shop Since it's San Francisco Appreciation Week, how about a look inside the cable car carpentry and repair shop that you may not have known existed here in the city. As the SFMTA's blog
Arts & Entertainment Female Cable Car Operator Competes In Bell Ringing Contest For First Time In 52-Year History Every day, San Francisco cable car operators bring a piece of local history to life, and that's pretty cool. In fact, today marks a particularly fun day for those operators because, as they
SF News Powell Street To Be Partially Closed To Traffic In Pedestrian Safety Pilot Frequenters of the unmitigated madhouse that is the strip of Powell Street between Geary and Ellis Streets have reason to celebrate this morning, as the SFMTA has approved a pilot program that would
