The Runaway Costs of San Francisco’s Treat: Cable Cars @ $5 a Ride
It’s a national historic landmark. It’s been in existence since 1873 when Andrew Hallidie built the first one. Its gripman lowers a piece a metal that grabs a cable that runs in a slot beneath the street at a constant 9.5 mph. And it’s $5 a ride. When I was a kid, you could hop…