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A Forgotten Plot to Ditch Cable Cars for Wacky Open-Air Buses

Author: WebDigger

Date: 10-10-2014 - 00:42

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In 1940 then-police captain Albert Munn recommended replacing all the cable cars with open-top buses. The versions he pitched were used on Catalina Island, and had canvas tops that could be rolled down when it rained. Acknowledging the "romance" of the cable cars, the buses would have been painted with "scroll work and pictures of San Francisco scenes." His argument was that the cable cars were too slow for the congested car traffic, which couldn't pass them on steep hills.

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A Forgotten Plot to Ditch Cable Cars for Wacky Open-Air Buses	WebDigger	10-10-2014 - 00:42

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