San Francisco cable car making its way through traffic. Early 20th century. While the cars themselves were fairly straight-forward to restore, and the original grips that’d latch onto the cable ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUG. 2: A San Francisco cable car on the Powell-Hyde line is turned around near Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021.

PIX Now Wednesday evening edition (8-2-23) 10:42 SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's iconic cable cars celebrated a century-and-a-half of operation in style after city leaders, public transit fans ...

In the 1890s there were eight different companies with as many as 23 cable car lines in San Francisco. Today there are three lines. Annual ridership was 5.7 million people in 2019.

A Muni study suggests, among other things, suspending San Francisco's legendary cable car and historical streetcar service as soon as mid-2025 to help make up part of $300 million shortfall.

Cable car No. 53 took a special Valentine’s Day ride up Nob Hill in San Francisco on Wednesday morning, including a stop outside the Fairmont Hotel, where the car was officially dedicated to the ...

150 years ago this month, the first cable car made its way down a San Francisco street with its inventor, Andrew Hallidie, at the controls. Andrew Hallidie returned to San Francisco in 1857, where ...

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