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.

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 ...

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.

San Francisco’s cable cars are the last manually operated system of their kind in the world, and this episode dives deep into their fascinating history and mechanics. From hanging off the side ...

Gripman Rayburn Gee drives a cable car dedicated to Tony Bennett past the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Bennett loved San Francisco and its cable cars and in return ...

There’s hardly anything more iconic than a cable car ride in San Francisco. The one in San Francisco is the world’s last remaining manually operated system, and the cars themselves are listed ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer in 1961 first performed the song that would forever tie him ...

The cable car dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer first performed the song that would forever tie him to San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the landmark Fairmont hotel where the singer in 1961 first performed the song that would forever tie him ...