The popular San Francisco neighborhood news website, Hoodline, reports on Market Street Railway’s priorities for improving historic streetcar service.
Market Street
Wires, Yes. Super Bowl Week Streetcars, Still No.
[caption id="attachment_8168" align="alignnone" width="700"] The first two blocks of Market Street, from Steuart (here) west to Main will still be closed to streetcars during Super Bowl week, forcing the substitution of buses on the F-line the entire length of Market Street.[/caption]
Backlash Against Removing F-line wires for Super Bowl
Clearing Cars from Market Street
New Development Fee Could Benefit Streetcars
[caption id="attachment_7794" align="alignleft" width="920"] Streetcar No. 1055, wearing its original 1946 Philadelphia livery, passes new condos on Market at Buchanan. Michael Macor photo for the Chronicle.[/caption]
Driver Takes Stupid Pills
[caption id="attachment_7791" align="alignleft" width="640"] Kendall Willets photo via SFist.[/caption]
Building a better Market Street
NOTE: This article was written for our member magazine, Inside Track, in 2013. Seven years later, after continuous planning for extensive changes to Market Street, City department heads announced there was no money available for most of the envisioned changes, due largely to the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on city finances.
Private Bus Rear-ends PCC on Market
Skipping Stops, Then and Now
Even in the 1930s, transit stop spacing was an issue in San Francisco. Click to enlarge.
Mid-Market Comeback
PCC No. 1060 enlivens the scene at Seventh and Market Streets. (c) Melissa Wuschnig.
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