Muni tries to pull its Milan “Peter Witt” trams in from F-line service by 9:00pm because of community complaints about their noise. No such restrictions in their hometown. Check out this incredible parade of various Milan trams, from twins of Muni’s Milanos to the latest seven-truck supertram.
SFMTA photo.
Fred Matthews photo, Walter Rice collection.
A century ago, America was the world technology leader – in streetcars! U.S. firms such as the J.G. Brill Company of Philadelphia exported their products to numerous countries around the globe.
Each profile has a line or two about the streetcar (or in this case, tram) in the upper right corner.
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One-two line summary about the Melbourne car, recently restored thanks to the help of Victoria, Australia’s tourism ministry.
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John King, the Chronicle’s excellent urban design writer, is taking a look at the “re-imagining” going on about the public space surrounding San Francisco’s most famous transit shrine: the old Ferry Building streetcar loop.
Few cities in the world have shown as much loyalty to a single streetcar design as has Melbourne. The “W” class of trams was introduced in 1923, with a design that was the opposite of the “California” type streetcar common on this side of the Pacific.
Hamburg’s tramway system, like those of many German cities, was devastated by World War II.
