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 of the ...

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 ...

READ: San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansion The historic Cable Car No. 17, built in 1887, has been dedicated to the late Filipino American cable car driver ...

The cable cars that roll up and down California Street ... offering little to remember or engage the riders of San Francisco’s treasured transit icons. Downtown boosters and city officials ...