It appears as if Market Street is served only by cable cars, and unless a large number of passengers are waiting, passengers get on and off on the fly. The boulevard of steel, with the streetcar tracks in the curb lanes, appears to begin at Geary Street. The way horse teams and horseless carriages go wherever they please will give pause to anyone who gripes about contemporary Illinois motorists, and at least one bicyclist takes a long chance.
24.8.10
BEFORE TRAFFIC LIGHTS. Voluntary Xchange found a movie featuring traffic on San Francisco's Market Street a few days before the earthquake.
It appears as if Market Street is served only by cable cars, and unless a large number of passengers are waiting, passengers get on and off on the fly. The boulevard of steel, with the streetcar tracks in the curb lanes, appears to begin at Geary Street. The way horse teams and horseless carriages go wherever they please will give pause to anyone who gripes about contemporary Illinois motorists, and at least one bicyclist takes a long chance.
It appears as if Market Street is served only by cable cars, and unless a large number of passengers are waiting, passengers get on and off on the fly. The boulevard of steel, with the streetcar tracks in the curb lanes, appears to begin at Geary Street. The way horse teams and horseless carriages go wherever they please will give pause to anyone who gripes about contemporary Illinois motorists, and at least one bicyclist takes a long chance.
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