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	San Francisco Municipal Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The San Francisco Municipal Railway, or Muni as it is commonly known, is the public transit system for the city and county of San Francisco, California.
		San Francisco residents responded in 1996 by organizing Rescue Muni, a transit riders association.
		San Francisco Municipal Railway #1061, a rebuilt PCC streetcar painted in honor of the Pacific Electric Railway, is seen in service on the F Market heritage line in December, 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Francisco_Municipal_Railway (2716 words)

	San Francisco, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The City and County of San Francisco (2004 estimated population 744,230) is the fourth-largest city in the state of California, in the United States.
		San Francisco is the home of the San Francisco 49ers National Football League team, who play at Monster Park and the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball team, who play at SBC Park.
		San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is located 12.9 km (8 miles) south of the city in San Mateo County on a landfill extension into the San Francisco Bay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Francisco,_California (6247 words)

	San Francisco & San Mateo Railway Company - 1892
		San Francisco had grown 28 per cent in the decade of the 1880s.
		San Francisco's Board of Supervisors granted the required franchise to operate in San Francisco on December 23, 1890.
		Today with San Francisco again expanding its streetcar network, coupled with the nationwide light rail movement, urban transit clearly is still in the debt of Frank Julian Sprague and the pioneer streetcar entrepreneurs who showed the economic feasibility and desirability of the trolley.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist10/sf&sm.html (4102 words)

	REPORT
		PSRMA will be sponsoring a Trolley Tour of San Francisco on September 6th with San Francisco Municipal Railway Car #1.
		Also of interest to the transit fan or observer in San Francisco is that there are 14 trolley bus lines in San Francisco.
		One source noted that San Francisco has a greater proportion of its populace riding public transit that any other city in the United States save New York.
	www.sdrm.org /history/reports/report71/report71pg1.html (932 words)

	Philadelphia Trolley Tracks: San Francisco PCCs
		San Francisco's Municipal Railway, or Muni, bought a fleet of our trolleys at the bargain basement price of $12,000 each, and had them completely rebuilt at a cost of about $460,000 apiece.
		Ironically, I was in San Francisco on June 15, and had to explain that not only has SEPTA scrapped and sold hundreds of trolleys in recent years, but that very day was the final day of service for the last two PCCs still in use in our fair city, in Chestnut Hill.
		San Francisco's experience has shown that our old PCC trolleys are still a viable way to move passengers, not just a nostalgic curiosity.
	www.phillytrolley.org /muni.html (956 words)

	CFAC: California First Amendment Coalition
		Appellant is employed by the City and County of San Francisco, a chartered city and county (hereinafter "the City"), as a bus driver in its Municipal Railway system.
		Article XVI of the agreement establishes a four-step "grievance procedure" which may be invoked by a Municipal Railway employee who is faced with dismissal or other disciplinary action.
		The "Step 3" provisions permit the employee to appeal, still further, to the "General Manager of the [Municipal] Railway," and require a hearing before him, or his nominee, and a written decision by the Step 3 hearing officer.
	www.cfac.org /CaseLaw/Cases/wilson.html (3474 words)

	San Francisco MUNI
		San Francisco Municipal Railway acquired 70 PCCs from St.Louis Public Service Co. between 1957 and 1962.
		In early 60s San Francisco Municipal Railway painted some of its equipment in the different experimental paint schemes as possible replacement for the famous "wings" and later adopted the simplified non-wings livery for many streetcars, buses and trolley coaches.
		The famous San Francisco F-Line builds on the five successful summers of the San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival between 1983 and 1987.
	www.sptc.spb.ru /sfmunrail.htm (490 words)

	Muni
		The San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) is the seventh-largest public transit system in the United States, as measured by ridership.
		On March 1, 2000 the Municipal Railway became a department of the Municipal Transportation Agency, and was later joined by the Department of Parking and Traffic in 2002.
		This new agency was endorsed by over 60% of San Francisco voters in favor of Proposition E in the last election.
	www.sftransit.net /muni.htm (205 words)

	San Francisco Overview
		When the famous cable cars were rehabilitated between 1982 and 1984, San Francisco realized it needed an attraction to help to replace them.
		The line is operated as part of the San Francisco Municipal Railway, which provides transit service to the entire city.
		Capital costs were funded by the Municipal Railway as part of its transit improvement program.
	www.heritagetrolley.org /existSanFranciscoOverview.htm (629 words)

	Western Railroaders' Hall of Fame & Museum newsletter
		San Francisco MUNI (Municipal Railway) PCC Trolleys 1108 and 1160 have been saved from the cutting torch by members of the Western Railroaders' Hall Of Fame & Museum (WRHOF&M).
		San Francisco leased the cars in 1957 and purchased them in 1964.
		Due to being unable to find another suitable home in the San Bernardino area where operation of the trolleys could be arranged and business development could support their restoration and operation, we have been considering sites in other areas.
	www.trainweb.org /wrrhof/kt1-1-1.html (429 words)

	San Francisco Examiner: Opinion
		SAN FRANCISCO'S MUNICIPAL RAILWAY introduced a plan this week to make up for a budget deficit of more than $57 million.
		Almost everyone in San Francisco lives within three blocks of a Muni bus, light-rail or cable-car line, and can travel to almost any other corner of The City without having to sidetrack to a central hub first.
		One of the reasons fares have remained so low for so long is that San Francisco subsidizes Muni heavily, contributing nearly $100 million in the current budget year, so it's fair for users to contribute a larger share of Muni's budget.
	www.sfexaminer.com /articles/2005/02/03/opinion/20050203_op01_editorial.txt (492 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > America > USA > California > San Francisco - BART and MuniMetro
		BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) is a modern rapid rail system (30 km underground in downtown San Francisco Oakland and Berkeley) which crosses the Bay in a 5.8 km long tunnel and serves surrounding cities like Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo.
		Its construction began in 1964 between Concord and Walnut Creek, and the lowering of the transbay tube and the excavation of the Market Street subway in downtown San Francisco followed in the late 1960's and beginning of the 1970's.
		Out of 152 km of total length (1997), 30 km run in subways through city centres, 5.8 km underneath the San Francisco Bay, 5.5 km is the Berkeley Hills tunnel, 36.8 km run elevated and the remaining 70.5 km are at grade.
	www.urbanrail.net /am/snfr/san-francisco.htm (591 words)

	California Vintage Trolley Systems by John Smatlak
		The long-awaited extension of San Francisco's "F" historic streetcar line opened on March 4, 2000, combining the existing service on Market St. with new trackage along the waterfront Embarcadero.
		The service is operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway as its "F" line.
		Serving in a "friends of" support role is the volunteer Market Street Railway, providing assistance with historic car acquisition, restoration, interpretation and serving an important general advocacy role.
	www.railwaypreservation.com /vintagetrolley/sanfrancisco.htm (1173 words)

	San Francisco Cable Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		San Francisco's cable cars are unique in that they are the only street railway in which the cars do not operate under their own power.
		Fittingly, San Francisco is now the last city in the world to operate cable cars.
		The FandCH was absorbed in 1893 into the Market Street Railway, which in turn was taken over by the San Francisco Municipal Railway in 1944.
	web.presby.edu /~jtbell/transit/SanFrancisco/CableCar (1015 words)

	Railway Age: Muni moves to moving block - San Francisco Municipal Railway switches to moving block system
		Tourists know the San Francisco Municipal Railway as the operator of those historic cable cars, clanging their way up and down the hills of the City by the Bay.
		People in the public transit business know Muni as a multi-media operator (buses, trolley-coaches and light rail vehicles as well as the cable cars) that has daily passenger boardings in excess of the population of the area served.
		The far end of those tracks will break the surface, and they'll be extended south to meet commuter rail facilities serving the San Francisco Peninsula, the former Southern Pacific line.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n10_v193/ai_12778971 (1234 words)

	Large Artifacts - Western Railway Museum
		Came to San Francisco in 1983 to be part of the Historic Trolley Festival on Market Street.
		Ran in St. Louis until San Francisco Municipal Railway leased it in 1957.
		The Western Railway Museum is a project of the Bay Area Electric Railroad Association, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, tax-exempt, educational institution.
	www.wrm.org /equipment/equipment.htm (841 words)

	SDTC Facts&Information
		San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) family of bus and trolley operators.
		Two years later, San Diego became the first Pacific Coast city (the second in the nation) to replace the horse with the electric streetcar.
		The San Diego Streetcar Company received a new name -- the San Diego Electric Railway Company -- in December 1896 when it was purchased by leading San Diego developer and entrepreneur John D. Spreckels.
	www.sdcommute.com /agencies/MTS/sdtc/index.asp (620 words)

	San Francisco: Muni Streetcar Restoration Project Preserves Some History
		San Francisco's Market Street Railway is seeking donations to re-acquire one of San Francisco's historic electric streetcars to be placed in service on the F-Line (and, imminently, E-Line) of Muni (San Francisco Municipal Railway, SF's transit agency).
		Now the Market Street Railway is reaching out to the public to ask for support for one of the most important projects it's ever undertaken in its history.
		MSR volunteers, who are well along on the work of restoring ex-Market Street Railway Co. "California Comfort Car" #798 (1924), "are excited about working on #162, which is complete and sound, but obviously will need significant work before going into service on the F-line (and later the E-line as well)" says MSR President Rick Laubscher.
	www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_sf0001.htm (685 words)

	A brief history of Market Street Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Market Street Railway served as a catalyst for winning public funding and support to build the F-line historic streetcar service, and is now supporting plans for a second line, the E-Embarcadero, ultimately to link waterfront destinations from Pier 70 south of Mission Bay all the way to Crissy Field in the Presidio.
		In San Francisco, the result was the establishment of the Municipal Railway in 1912.
		Market Street Railway also operated a number of famous lines that are no more, such as the 40-line interurban streetcar, which connected Downtown San Francisco with the Peninsula, running as far south as San Mateo.
	www.streetcar.org /msr/history (1788 words)

	City and County of San Francisco Municipal Railway Rehabilitation Bond 1947
		Elmer E. Robinson was born Oct. 3, 1894 to Ralph and Edith Robinson in the Richmond District of San Francisco.
		Robinson returned to San Francisco, working his way through night law school at the now-defunct Kent College, and was admitted to the bar in 1915.
		With the support of Republican, Mason and legal circles, Robinson was elected San Francisco’s 33rd mayor in 1947 when the city was emerging from World War II.
	www.scripophily.net /citandcounof.html (677 words)

	Business Wire: San Francisco Municipal Railway Orders 56 Hybri... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Municipal Railway has ordered 56 hybrid diesel electric buses from the DaimlerChrysler's transit bus brand Orion, with an option for 56 more units.
		The Orion VII diesel-electric 40-foot buses, similar to a large and growing fleet of Orion hybrid buses in service in New York City, promise significant emissions reductions and fuel savings compared to standard diesel buses, and also outperform conventionally powered vehicles.
		"Orion is proud to provide the latest and most efficient clean-vehicle technology to San Francisco MUNI and to the people of the Bay Area," said Mark Brager, Orion's vice president of sales.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:135433599&refid=ink_tptd_np (855 words)

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	sukysama.tripod.com /dinner-cruises-in-san-francisco.html (522 words)

	FRBSF: Transportation
		AC Transit buses arrive and depart from the San Francisco Transbay terminal located at First and Mission Streets.
		Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) - BART serves San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties through for inter-connected rail lines and 36 stations.
		Golden Gate Transit Serving Marin and Sonoma counties with buses to and from San Francisco.
	www.frbsf.org /federalreserve/visit/trans.html (244 words)

	Welcome to San Francisco Transit Career Ladder Partnership Website
		The San Francisco Transit Career Ladder Partnership resolves these skills shortages by means of a collaborative approach to training for incumbent workers to move up industry career ladders targeted to areas of skills shortage.
		The principal partners are the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), Transport Workers Local 250-A (TWU), Transport Workers Local 200, The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 6, The International Association of Machinists (IAM) Local 1414,
		The San Francisco Municipal Railway Improvement Fund (MIF), a joint labor-management project established by Muni and TWU in 1996, facilitates this partnership.
	www.sftransit.net (351 words)

	Proposition E: Municipal Transportation Agency - San Francisco County, CA
		The proposed amendment establishes a baseline level of funding for the transportation agency which is equal to current General Fund support and maintains the proportionate share of city resources devoted to transportation in future years.
		Lacking choices for public transit, riders vote with their feet: San Franciscans have abandoned Muni by the tens of thousands, and traffic in the City is the worst it has ever been.
		The seven member Board of the Municipal Transportation Agency will not be political appointments, but must meet special qualifications: significant knowledge or experience in government, finance or labor relations; and more than half must be regular Muni riders.
	www.smartvoter.org /1999nov/ca/sf/meas/E (1531 words)

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