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Cable Cars: California St. Cable Car to Nob Hill
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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: Right outside the lobby of my favorite hotel (Hyatt Regency) at the confluence / intersection of Market, Drumm & California is where California street originates and the California St. cable car starts its climb up to and over Nob Hill. Costs about $3 for a ticket. Heading west up California it intersects up on Nob hill by Chinatown with the North/South Powell Street cable car that runs from Market St./ Union Square down to the North bay / Ghiradelli / Fisherman's wharf. Almost always packed, painfully slow, but very pleasing. C'mon, we're tourists in the best city in America, you have to ride the cable cars. It's fun & it beats walking all the way up the hill.
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Website: http://www.sfcablecar.com/
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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: Unlike most of the cities in the US I have been to or lived in, San Francisco imo has decent mass transportation. . I honestly could stay here indefinitely without a car, and never miss a thing (I can de-plane at SFO, hop on Bart, and be at my hotel in about 40 minutes for about $5.00 .....
try that in Colorado, TX, or LA...) The muni, walking, and affordable & reliable cabs get me all over town safely, quickly and relatively hassle-free. BART gets you almost anywhere in the Bay Area. Here are the BART Fares & Schedules to download in PDF format. Ferrry Service gets you over the water to Marin County. Lots of my friends commute into the City via BART regularly & painlessly from Walnut Creek, Oakland, etc. I have found the MUNI to be safe, clean, and somewhat reliable whenever I have used it ( disclaimer... but I'm just a tourist, I don't depend on it everyday at rush hour....) My favorite time-saving MUNI run is downtown metro ( under Market St.) from Castro to Embarcadero. MUNI INFO HERE: MUNI 411
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Website: http://transit.511.org/index.asp
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Karnubawax Tue Aug 19, 2008 07:37 UTC
Haha! So you were a big Trannyshack fan as well! I spent many a Tuesday nite, there. I may just have to go to the last big blowout show. I just may have to... | alycat Tue Feb 27, 2007 14:42 UTC
Terrific pics and gr8 writeup..will use them..thnx | VeronicaG Mon Jan 22, 2007 22:56 UTC
I made a return visit to your S.F. page--our trip will most likely be scheduled for June or July. It was great reading over your tips--nice commentary, Dave. Regards from Texas.... | CaliHopkins Tue Jan 16, 2007 19:41 UTC
your pages on San Francisco are awesome! Thanks for the info and the pics! :) |
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