San Francisco MUNI (SFMTA) Trolleybuses and Trams, Part IV

[@ShakespeareCafe]

San Francisco has one of the best public transportation systems in the country. For a mere $75 a month (Clipper card) you get unlimited rides. The city is comparatively small (49 sq miles) so you can get practically anywhere on public transit and never worry about finding a parking spot. Using the NextBus feature on your phone means you can track when the bus or train will arrive.

[@robfriedrich2822]

What would it cost to use all public transport for one day?

[@wishfulanthony]

You were so lucky to catch the electric trolleybuses doing the 49-Van Ness/Mission line since those buses have been (temporarily) replaced by Muni's New Flyer Xcelsior XDE60 low-floor buses and Neoplan AN460 high-floored diesel coaches since 23 April 2016. The main reason: the Van Ness Avenue corridor between Market Street and Lombard Street will be upgraded soon to become a full-blown BRT line, which will require reconstructing the roadway for at least two years.

[@longiusaescius2537]

@wishfulanthony it took 7 instead

[@susanagomez2873]

Now it's 2022 and I miss those 15trsfs

[@janettemcclelland2959]

"Top of the hill...Daly City" at the beginning of this video.

[@chewbricka1556]

I love 1:45, 1:56, and 4:53 because that is where the trolleybuses are going fast

[@blount_man]

Why is this so satisfying to watch

[@chrisjames_2024]

It's cool to see the lines and routes I once use to take. This is a really awesome series.

[@citadinman]

Great video! The rolling stock is in very good state.

[@AG-is5vv]

Did MUNI not keep one of the 60ft Skoda ETIs for heritage? I guess we got the really clean 40ft restoration that i saw at presidio few weeks ago.

[@robfriedrich2822]

3:55 in Hannover Germany there's a tram like this, but most overground stops has high platforms on completely Plattform length and first vehicles hasn't the steps for being compatible with low platforms. That makes it possible for wheelchair users to enter the tram on each door

[@allanegleston4931]

@ 18th and castro, im glad i am not the one who has to figure out all that wireing.

[@8v71buses]

Man those Skoda 15Tr's are sweet! I can't wait to head back over to San Francisco and get more uploads and finally get a ride on a few of these, plus I do want to head to Daly City as well. I plan on heading over there on my birthday in November

[@crazyoncoffee]

+8v71buses Yes. It's too bad that they will soon be all replaced with the XT60's from new flyer.

[@pcmusicradio4198]

Amazing that they can keep standard wall phones ( for whatever purpose they serve) at Castro Station, without them being stolen or damaged.

[@punchnazis3498]

lol why would anyone try to steal some useless old maintenance/emergency phone that's attached to the wall (which makes it pretty hard to steal anyways). Trust me if there was a reason or if it were easy to steal them, it would happen all the time, and they wouldn't be there...there's no shortage of theft in SF, which has one of the highest property crime rates in the US. I'm sure they do get damaged sometimes though.

[@novuutheneolf3073]

These trolleybuses are so quiet I wish there were much more of them!

[@m0istl0la97]

Both new and old buses ate really quite.I do think that the new Xcelsior trolleys are more quieter

[@cosmicviewer477]

Fantastic footage. Thank you for this!

[@maceolo]

The colors of the vehicles are nearly the same colors like the bogestra trams. (tramway companie in germany)

[@dumbass04]

Naja die von der Bogestra sind eher rot weiß sieht eher aus wie die Straßenbahnen und U Bahnen in Wien

[@MaseTravels]

Great footage, welcome to my hometown 👋🏼😀

[@AG-is5vv]

the Neoplans and ETIs look SO MUCH DAMN better than the monolithic new flyer fleet. I dont think there is a sexier front end than a Neoplan in that destroyer grey and bright muni red.

[@Galaxyshooter116]

i always thought San Francisco had the largest streetcar system but that title goes to my home town!!!

[@Luftschlange]

+James Thomas Are you from Melbourne? SF's tram network is relatively small. The largest in the world is in Melbourne.

[@Galaxyshooter116]

sorry i meant in North America

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Largest streetcar system in North America goes to Toronto. TTC runs about 12 lines.

[@radovan511]

Very klassy trolleybus power supply multiple crossing :D In Europe knowns for 135yrs, very frequent in central and eastern Europe, or at continent at all.. At now in the most of cities and towns centers begin operating hybrids of trolley and diesel or trolley and electrobus .. Just Trolley... In this times, a power supply cables are not allowed in everywhere, for example - in a city centers - they have allowed to drive as an electrobuses only, from saved energy in batteries . For the rest of route, when they´re powered by cables, they´re charging the batteries.. But for an American city - still very solid job SF !

[@jaydelrosario8119]

Hydeluthed DEHYDRATIONS...HEAT

[@chewbricka1556]

It is at the part where you capture the Chevron gas station

[@sayrith]

I'm all for green energy, but damn those overhead cables at 4:47 are hideous.

[@levifoster325]

Thanks so much for all four parts!

[@diegodestefano2896]

Porque no lo pone en san Diego por favor san Francisco y en los angels y que sea este ano

[@jemdude22]

excellent footage! thanks for making and sharing the video! =)

[@Luftschlange]

Thanks, I'm happy you like it. :-)

[@chewbricka1556]

Why is the road on Castro and Market Streets now closed and that the trams have to go on that loop?

[@safeatthird6060]

Great video.

[@tinounger1705]

Nice movie, but there is no show of inside cars.

[@michaelsandford1015]

good filming

[@tech83studio38]

Ok I have to draw this Articulated Trolley Bus.

[@Skidodles]

Nice video

[@prdawg215]

Gas is 4.69 per gallon over there. Holy cow!!!

[@Howrider65]

Yeah, they got rid of them and then they brought them back.

[@jaydelrosario8119]

MONO RAIL IRON IORN VTA TROLEY MTS TUNGSTEN ...MUNYXPLUX...Loix Luix being veing..

[@AndyAviation]

Anyone know the bus type for the trolley bus with electric

[@ghostboy323]

+AndyAviation ETI (Skoda) 14TrSF and 15TrSF. Currently, they are being phased out. New Flyer XT40 and XT60 are going to be the replacements.

[@ridgedog2317]

They look a lot cooler in Watchdogs 2.

[@davidlevine7596]

that's rreally neat a place that still has jointed rail To bad they do not run any of the ventage cars there , the Twin Peaks tunnel and the deep cut on the J line in theB Boores park if I spelled it right

[@transitvideosbayarea]

david levine There are vintage trams on the F & E line! And it's Baboa Park

[@blue9multimediagroup]

​@@transitvideosbayarea Balboa

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Can't run them in the subway because that's big platforms and the streetcars are low level.

[@jackpez]

They flood the streets with rails lol

[@rimidas3690]

at 3:17. the trolleybus was on a tram track

[@brandonlikestrains842]

Rimi Das umm they do that all the time

[@blue9multimediagroup]

They share wires and streets a lot.

[@denny906]

I haven't been out to Downtown Frisco in years. Last time I was out there I was harassed by an aggressive panhandler so much that I feared for my life. After that incident I vowed never to go out there again. Downtown Frisco is a very dangerous place.

[@yardlet6]

Stay away from the tenderloin.

[@amypellas4533]

ik

[@lukevicente6704]

3:47 I feel like they copied the J sign from the Nyc subway

[@transitvideosbayarea]

NYC J is brown, MUNI J is orange

[@blue9multimediagroup]

NYC isn't the only system to use letters and MUNI doesn't even use the same colors.

[@Zarastroika]

I don't like BRTs at all, but BRTs should seriously be made using trolleybuses· It would be so much better· Imagine all the pollution from all-diesel BRTs··· Ecologically outrageous·

[@Zarastroika]

Magno Toledo Sim, eu fiz uma crítica· Os problemas do BRT é que os ônibus são inteiramente a diesel, aumentando as emissões e poluição ao longo das linhas· Outro detalhe que devo realçar é que BRTs são esses corredores com estações e infraestrutura baseada na de sistemas sobre trilhos· Muitas cidades, a maioria na América Latina, estão implantando esse sistema, você disse que quase todas as cidades possuem, mas várias cidades médias possuem ônibus articulados e biarticulados normais que circulam pelas ruas e não tem as portas altas que os modelos específicos de BRT têm, esses ônibus são como os convencionais na operação e portanto, não caracterizam como BRTs· Chegando logo no Brasil, BRTs seriam ideais apenas em cidades entre 75~500 mil habitantes, cidades a partir de 500 mil já são bem crescidas para um sistema de trem · pensando em composições de 8 carros, tipo SuperVia/CPTM· O problema é que capitais estão tentando iludir a população praticamente dizendo que BRT é metrô sobre rodas e que será mais que suficiente pra transportar MILHÕES de pessoas· No Brasil, há um lobby histórico das viações e fabricantes, que propinam políticos e tornaram o Brasil um país exclusivamente rodoviário· Hoje vemos diariamente as consequências urbanas, sociais e econômicas disso, metrópoles estão paralisando completamente por conta dos engarrafamentos· Além da implantação dos BRTs, as prefeituras, satisfazendo interesses privados · já que até transporte virou mercadoria no Brasil · removem muitas linhas normais de ônibus, forçando as áreas atendidas a usarem o BRT, e em vários lugares que antes a pessoa precisava pegar 1 ou 2 ônibus, agora precisam pegar 3 ou 4, e ainda muito mais cheios que antes· Mesmo que nenhuma linha de ônibus fosse removida, o sistema já nasce saturado por ter de atender uma demanda multiplicada várias vezes a capacidade máxima possível do sistema· Menos ônibus pelas ruas + articulados em canaletas = mais lucro, mais gente prensada usando menos ônibus, mais saturação· Metrópoles como RJ e SP nunca irão solucionar definitivamente o tráfego enquanto não possuírem uma vasta rede integrada de metrô e trem, por toda suas regiões metropolitanas· 1, 2 ou 4 milhões de pessoas em ônibus é burrice total, tortura pública, é plantar o caos·

[@Zarastroika]

Magno Toledo​ Há o lobby rodoviário que «segura» os projetos ferroviários no Brasil· Por conta disso, é um milagre aparecer aqui um VLT novo ou um sistema novo de trem/metrô· No Brasil, muitas cidades tradicionais tiveram redes de bondes, mas o lobby rodoviário ganhou força, políticos da época iludiram a população dizendo que o bonde era antigo, antiquado, e eles foram varridos pouco depois em favor dos ônibus e carros·

[@hectora7479]

Зарастроика eres brasileño???

[@m0istl0la97]

Um the BRT line that serves Van Ness willl be used by trolleybuses? 49 bus is a trolleybus line...

[@oscardaone]

Someone explain the point of trolleybuses?

[@AlexTheRailroader]

zero emissions. They do not utilize diesel or gasoline because they draw electricity from the overhead wires. So they are used in cities like San Francisco where clean air is demanded from public transportation.

[@Luftschlange]

Also, trolleybuses manage very well with steep terrain (like in San Francisco) as electric motors have much better torque than diesel engines. Moreover, the ride is smoother, and they are quieter.

[@oscardaone]

I see. However, wouldn't light rails already do that despite construction cost?

[@AlexTheRailroader]

oscardaone light rails can't go up San Francisco's steep hills, the incline is too steep, the light rails would simply slide back down the hill, you need friction, like a rubber tire, -ergo trolley busses :)

[@oscardaone]

Alexander Younies I didn't think about that.

[@amypellas4533]

i dont ike xde60

[@MultiColeccion]

I not like the part of many wires up ,,the city looks not good in my own opinion,,,

[@oof5536]

Edwin Calero It is spread out so you don’t see alot altogether except market st or crossings

[@hectora7479]

Ahhh.... San Francisco, The only place where you see more LGBT flags than American ones. Nothing against the LGBT community but it's the truth!!!

[@sgt.eclair]

Hector .A ? I've been to SF during summer break, and I only saw 1 pride flag, and about 50 American flags.

[@hectora7479]

I've always wanted to visit but never live there because of how expensive it is, greetings from Mississippi

[@melolumsey5929]

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[@desmondjrjohnston6315]

like-this-trolley-buses--if-we-could-only-get-rid-of-sanctuary-laws-and-Jerry-Brown...dont-fret-so-called-blue-wave-didnt-happen-and-Oakland-mayor-willbe-jailed

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Why are you writing like that?

[@jakubadamczyk1523]

Comparision with european urban transport... Poverty...

[@oussematrabelsi9429]

San francisco has a more extensive system than any polish city.

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Comment sounds racist much