Stopping an eight-ton cable car using nothing more than a clamp isn't easy, especially with hazards like fog, rain and San Francisco's notoriously bad traffic. As was true for many sectors of the ...

Riders Can Climb 'Halfway to the Stars' on San Francisco Cable Car Dedicated to Late Tony Bennett SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cable car recently dedicated to the late Tony Bennett rolls past the ...

150 years ago this month, the first cable car made its way down a San Francisco street with its inventor, Andrew Hallidie, at the controls. Andrew Hallidie returned to San Francisco in 1857 ...

(BCN) — Cable car service in San Francisco will be temporarily provided by buses between 6 a.m. Monday and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to transportation officials. The Powell/Mason and ...

As holiday traditions go, the decorating of San Francisco’s cable car fleet may stand out as one of the most unique. Every year, scores of volunteers — along with a few off-duty cable car ...

Though everything is on the table, the key question is: is mothballing the cable cars a solution? A Muni study suggests, among other things, suspending San Francisco's legendary cable car and ...

His most famous accomplishment was the Clay Street Hill Railway — the world's first successful cable car, which pulled passenger cars up a steep incline in San Francisco. Hallidie's exact role ...