No experience is more uniquely San Francisco than a ride on a cable car. Cable cars have come to symbolize our great city (along with another world-renowned transportation icon. Hint: it's a ...

Before the Great Earthquake of 1906, there were more than 600 cable cars in San Francisco. By 1912, there were less than 100. Today, there are 44. Every few years, a cable car must be replaced—a ...

Cities around the world are running out of road space, time, and patience. Cable cars promise something radical: transportation that ignores traffic entirely by moving people through the air. This ...

In the late 19th century, Chicago had the largest cable car network in the nation. In the late 19th century, Chicago had the largest cable car network in the nation, with some 3,000 cable cars and 80 ...