Metroifying Muni - Muni Part 2: Episode 41

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The year is 1962. The bond measure is BART. This shiny new East Bay commuter system must gain the support of San Francisco voters, who stand to benefit the least from the expensive and complex project. The solution? BART builds not one subway, but two, under Market Street. The second subway will be the core of what could've been the Muni Metro.

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References & notes

  1. [1] Metro Magazine: BROOKVILLE Delivers First Liberty NXT Streetcar
  2. [2] Market Street Railway: The people's road: Muni 1912-1941
  3. [3] Market Street Railway: How Muni was born: 1900-1912
  4. [4] Market Street Railway: Muni at war: crushloads & consolidation 1941-1945
  5. [5] Market Street Railway: Rails to rubber: Muni 1946-1962
  6. [6] SFMTA: How Muni's Streetcar Lines Got Their Letters
  7. [7] Wikipedia: San Francisco
  8. [8] SFMTA: Muni Routes & Stops
  9. [9] SFMTA: History of the SFMTA
  10. [10] SFMTA: Muni History
  11. [11] Western Railway Museum: San Francisco Municipal Railway
  12. [12] Wikipedia: San Francisco cable car system
  13. [13] Wikipedia: List of San Francisco Municipal Railway lines
  14. [14] Wikipedia: Central Subway (San Francisco)
  15. [15] Wikipedia: Embarcadero (San Francisco)
  16. [16] Wikipedia: Twin Peaks Tunnel
  17. [17] Wikipedia: Market Street subway
  18. [18] Wikipedia: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
  19. [19] Cable Car Museum: The 1947 Fight to Save the Cable Cars
  20. [20] SFMTA: 75 Years After the Battle to Save the Cable Cars
  21. [21] Market Street Railway: 1947: Cable car war
  22. [22] The Frisc: SF Tries to Get a Grip as Officials Throw Shade on Cable Cars' Return
  23. [23] Wikipedia: San Francisco Municipal Railway ยง History
  24. [24] Wikipedia: Market Street Railway (transit operator)
  25. [25] Market Street Railway: Our History
  26. [26] Market Street Railway: Completing a century: Muni 1983-2012
  27. [27] Market Street Railway: Modernizing Muni: 1963-1982
  28. [28] Market Street Railway: Market Street subway dreams
  29. [29] Muni Rapid map
  30. [30] SFMTA: Muni Transit Recovery