Seventy-five years ago, San Francisco’s cable cars were viewed as more of a costly nuisance. A few city leaders wanted to tear out the 1870s-era transit system of wooden vehicles towed by an ...

Event Summary On Tuesday, April 28, crews will begin the first phase of restoring the Cable Car sheave at the Powell and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rescue workers climb up a rope to approach a cable car over the sea in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, southeastern South Korea, on Nov. 5, 2025, as they take part in a drill under the simulated ...

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 ...