KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - October 13, 1913. The last operating cable car in Kansas City completes its final trip. The cable cars dominated public transportation in the city for three decades. Gas ...

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 ...

Since Andrew Smith Hallidie introduced Cable Cars in 1873, San Francisco's cable car lines changed the landscape of San Francisco, making hilly neighborhoods accessible. The cable cars survived the ...

There's a new look these days at California and Market streets in San Francisco, the downtown terminal of the world's oldest operating cable car line. Though the California Street line has been ...