Caption Contest: Riding the Historic Streetcar
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Do San Francisco’s Historic Streetcars Keep Muni Stuck in the Past?
By Bryan Goebel |
Flickr photo: Telstar Logistics Don’t get me wrong, I love San Francisco’s historic streetcars. I have ridden them often and can appreciate the nostalgic bumpy rides, even more so if I don’t have to stand, and can grab a seat and peer outside the small windows. But when I saw Rachel Gordon’s story in the […]
Six Injured When Historic Muni Streetcars Collide with SUV
By Matthew Roth and Bryan Goebel |
Crash at Market and Noe. Photos: Nocturnal Perambulations Two historic San Francisco streetcars on the outbound Market Street tracks collided with a Nissan SUV at Market and Noe streets in the Castro at 5:45 p.m. Monday. Six people were injured, including both people in the SUV, and the operator of the train that collided with […]
Photo Contest: Send Us Your Soggy, Snowy, Rain-Soaked Walk or Bike Ride!
By Tanya Snyder |
This year has dealt us some crazy weather, from the polar vortex to drenching thunderstorms. We know you didn’t hide all winter in a car. You were out walking the walk and riding the bike, whatever the weather. We hope you got a picture of it! In honor of April showers — and to celebrate […]
Bike to Work Day 2010 Brings Out Throngs of Bay Area Bicycle Commuters
By Matthew Roth |
Enough said. Photo: Richard Masoner. The weather for Bike to Work Day couldn’t have been more agreeable and huge numbers of cyclists took to the streets throughout the Bay Area, early indicators show. In San Francisco, cyclists set a new record for Bike to Work Day, accounting for 75 percent of the morning roadway traffic […]
National Parks Service Encourages Exploration of Downtown St. Louis
By Sarah Goodyear |
Sure, the Gateway Arch is spectacular, but there’s more to St. Louis. (Photo: hz536n via Core of Discovery Flickr pool) Today we’ve got news from member blog Dotage St. Louis about a sweet new initiative from the National Parks Service (NPS) called "Core of Discovery." Aimed at tourists visiting the city’s Gateway Arch (an NPS […]
Transit-Oriented America, Part 3: Three More Cities
By Aaron Donovan |
Part 3 in a series on rail and transit-only travel across the United States focuses on the final three cities of our journey. Part 2 looked at the first three and Part 1 presented an overview of our travel. San Francisco Fully restored streetcars, cable cars, buses with and without pantographs, submerged and at-grade light rail, a […]