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The C California (also known as the C Geary-California) was a streetcar route that ran from the Ferry Building along Market Street, Geary, 2nd Avenue, Cornwall, and California to 33rd Avenue. [41] The route was cut short in 1950 to California and 2nd Avenue with the opening of the 1 California bus line, and was removed along with the B Geary on ...
By the 1930s, Geary was the city's most congested transit corridor. In 1931, City Engineer Michael O'Shaughnessy proposed a streetcar subway which would branch from a proposed Market Street subway along O'Farrell, one block south of Geary, running underground to Larkin Street; [2] this routing was chosen to avoid potential interference with a future planned north/south subway route along Third ...
The San Francisco trolleybus system forms part of the public transportation network serving San Francisco, in the state of California, United States.Opened on October 6, 1935, [2] it presently comprises 15 lines and is operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, commonly known as Muni (or the Muni), with around 300 trolleybuses.
Muni's current hybrid bus fleet currently runs on biodiesel. [132] [133] On July 17, 2009, a Muni LRV rear-ended another at West Portal Station. That accident injured 48 people. [134] On December 5, 2009, the Muni system underwent its most extensive changes in over 30 years, in an attempt by the SFMTA to reduce its budget shortfall.
The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the primary public transit system for San Francisco, California. Muni is part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which is also responsible for the streets, parking, traffic signals, and other transportation in the city. In 2019, Muni had the eighth-highest ridership among systems ...
Bernhard Goetz, then a 37-year-old electronics technician, defended himself from a group of would-be robbers on a New York City subway car Dec. 22, 1984. Four decades later, another New York ...
The crash comes as law enforcement agencies around the world have been on edge this holiday season after an anti-Islam activist plowed his car into a Christmas market in Germany last week, killing ...
The Fremont station accident, 1972. An ATC failure caused the train to run off the end of the elevated track and crash to the ground, injuring four people on board, [36] and drawing national and international attention. [37] [38] This accident led to a comprehensive redesign of the train controls. The California State Public Utilities ...