Streetcar ridership across the country began to decline with the advent of the automobile. In the 1950s, dozens of streetcar routes were replaced with buses in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Municipal Railway's Third Street light-rail project is more than a year behind schedule and $120 million over budget, but at last streetcars are rolling through the oft-neglected ...

In the old days, spitting was "expectorating," and doing it on a San Francisco streetcar could land you in jail for 10 days. Throwing a banana peel onto the floor of a streetcar was even worse ...

San Francisco is surely the best big city in California for a carless trip. By streetcars you can cover Market Street and the Embarcadero. Then there are cable cars and buses..