“Nobody built on the hills in San Francisco because you couldn’t get up there. Cable cars opened up the hills to development,” said Mark Phipps of the Cable Car Museum. Phipps is director of ...

Chances are, you've seen a television show, movie, postcard or some type of San Francisco memorabilia emblazoned with the city's iconic cable car or trolley. So, of course, to fully experience San ...

Though everything is on the table, the key question is: is mothballing the cable cars a solution? A Muni study suggests, among other things, suspending San Francisco's legendary cable car and ...

The city's famous cable cars (also operated by Muni) and bus tours are a more entertaining, albeit slower, way to see the city. To get into town from the San Francisco International Airport (SFO ...