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 ...

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 ...