'Mode': AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: Unlike other amercian cities a car is not the best transportation means in San Francisco. Therefore the public transport is excellent.
They have a very modern subway system called
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transport) which connects also with surrounding cities in the Bay Area.
Another public transport system with buses and metros is the
MUNI (Municipal railway) which brings you to all major sightseeing spots.
A sightseeing spot of itself is the Cable Car with it's historical waggons. This transport system was invented, when people looked for safer transport than the horse-drawn coaches. The steep hills were too dangerous for them. So they implemented a constantly rotating cable in a slot of the street-surface. The operators of the Cable Cars connect their car with this cable to be pulled by it.
The Cable Cars have been replaced by buses and stopped operating completely in 1982 until three lines were reinstalled in 1984.
There is also a
CableCar-Museum at 1201 Mason Street. The admission is free.
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