No experience is more uniquely San Francisco than a ride on a cable car. Cable cars have come to symbolize our great city (along with another world-renowned transportation icon. Hint: it's a ...

The cable car system of San Francisco is the last manually operated cable car system in the world, with three of the original twenty-three lines still operating today. With these systems being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers install a new sheave to turn cable cars around at Powell and Market streets in San Francisco. Powell and Market has one of ...

The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, revealed that Tijuana could finally see one of its most anticipated projects realized in 2026: a cable car system connecting several of the city’s most ...

Nearly every cable car has a secret. Hidden underneath the many of the benches - alongside GPS and electrical equipment - are small time capsules placed by the carpenters who repair the cars. Mark ...

Before the Great Earthquake of 1906, there were more than 600 cable cars in San Francisco. By 1912, there were less than 100. Today, there are 44. Every few years, a cable car must be replaced—a ...

In a city fuelled by technology, San Francisco’s cable cars are helping to keep history alive. We go along for a ride. Annie Washington, born and raised in San Francisco, makes one thing clear as we ...

Annie Washington and Chanelle Smith are two of Muni’s newest cable car grips. The Muni family is proud to introduce two of its newest cable car grips: Chanelle Smith and Annie Washington. Earning the ...