Cable cars are obsolete, slow, and labor intensive. One reason for rip off high fares.


synonymouse Wrote:
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> The rebuild of the Cal Cable to Fillmore has
> figured in Muni plans over the years, just as with
> the extension of the Mason line from the housing
> project terminus at Bay to the Wharf proper. The
> extra blocks north were created in 1906 from quake
> detritus. Never enough money or momentum, so
> far.
>
> The #38 electrification was formally proposed by
> Muni but was never carried out by an inert, diesel
> bus oriented Muni management at that time. Those
> guys would have never relaid the car tracks on
> Market St. I guess you too would have called that
> a dream. I assume you would oppose the extension
> of the F thru the Ft. Mason tunnel.
>
> Talk about a stupid waste of money - that would be
> Moonbeam's satellite. Last thing we need is more
> orbiting junk. Cable cars are a much more
> enduring investment comparatively. Had Muni
> bustituted the B in 1948 they would have converted
> then to trolley bus and there would be no NIMBY
> argument. The B never stood a chance up against
> DPW and Urban Removal; Muni managment must have
> known of the Geary Blvd. plans and that the
> streetcars were a goner.