The California Street cable car line has been shut down for the remainder of Sunday evening due to a mechanical problem with the cable, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
Bus shuttles are operating on the line, officials said.
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A cable car worker with a history of making critical statements about city policies has been named president of Muni’s powerful operators union.Eric Williams won a five-person race to succeed Rafael Cabrera as president of the Transport Workers Union Local 250-A, which represents 2,200 Muni operators. Cabrera, along with the rest of the union’s current leadership, elected not to run for re-election in the vote, which was held on Friday.
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The California cable car line will be back on track this morning after a six-month shutdown for repairs, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee will welcome the return of the California line, which has been undergoing maintenance since January, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m., SFMTA spokesman Paul Rose said.
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I know, San Francisco’s cable cars are iconic moving landmarks, a huge draw for tourists and an essential part of The City’s long and storied history.
Click on the photo at right to see a slideshow of Man vs. Muni.
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A 52-year-old man was kicked in the face after being robbed of his debit card at a Bank of America ATM near the bustling Powell Street transit station Tuesday, police said.The San Francisco resident was using the ATM in the central tourism and shopping district when the crook snatched the card around 7:25 p.m., police said.
After the victim demanded the card be returned, the crook said, "I'll sell you your card for $5," police spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield said Wednesday.
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A vehicle rear-ended a San Francisco Municipal Railway cable car near Union Square this morning, a police spokesman said.
The crash was reported at about 9:30 a.m. near the intersection of Powell and O'Farrell streets, San Francisco Officer Albie Esparza said.
A vehicle rear-ended the cable car, which was not damaged in the crash, Muni spokesman Paul Rose said.
No one was injured in the crash.
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Muni’s California Cable Car line has been knocked out of service Thursday morning due to mechanical problems.The malfunction on the line, which runs down California Street between Van Ness Avenue and Drumm Street, occurred at 7:09 a.m., according to Muni. Motor coach shuttles will replace cable cars on the route until the problem has been cleared. There was no timetable established yet for when the cable cars will be back in service.
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Muni passengers who don’t have a monthly Fast Pass will get a deal on Sunday rides starting next month. Billed as a Sunday Funday pass, all riders who purchase a regular $2 cash fare will receive an all-day transfer to use the Muni system, barring Cable Cars and the Candlestick Express buses.
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Two years shy of its golden year, Muni’s moving monuments will clamor at the 48th annual Cable Car Bell Ringing contest on Tuesday.
The contest starts at noon in Union Square with two competitions, one for the amateurs -- local media and community representatives -- and another for the all-stars -- car gripmen and conductors.
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A cable car driver was taken to the hospital Thursday with non-life-threatening injuries after a mechanical failure derailed the vehicle.
No one but the driver was on board at the time of the accident, which happened at 3:20 p.m., Muni spokesman Judson True said.
The Mason cable car line had been out of service since about 11 a.m. after a problem with the underground cable was discovered.
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