Phipps says San Francisco owes a lot to cable cars and ... he said we needed to get with the times.” At the time, the cable car system was falling apart and replacing them with buses seemed ...

San Francisco's cable car system is the last of its kind in the United States, given the title of a National Historic Landmark in 1964. The cable car was conceived after Andrew Smith Hallidie ...

Market Street in San Francisco will welcome a new option for transportation later this year. Mayor Daniel Lurie announced on Thursday that autonomous cars from Waymo ...

Numerous bus, streetcar and cable car routes on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's "Muni" system render a car unnecessary. Individual rides on bus and rail cost $2.50 and cable ...

The first cable car was invented in the late 19th century by Swiss engineer Wilhelm Felder, who developed the first mechanical system for transporting people using cables. Cable cars operate on a ...