COVID Recovery: Sound Of Clanging Cable Car Bells Returns To San Francisco Streets

San Francisco CA

13 July, 2021

12:35 PM

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By CBS San Francisco Staff: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — After spending more than a year parked in a Muni yard, the city's iconic cable cars returned to the streets of San Francisco Monday for test runs and free rides as the transit line prepared for a return to full service in September. The cable car return is just another sign that San Francisco is bouncing back after more than 15 months in the throes of the battle against COVID-19. "I've been counting the days," said William Kouzi, a North Beach resident who was lucky enough to catch one of the first free rides on the Van Ness-California line. "I was asking them (when they would be returning to public service) and they were so kind. They said — 'Come on since you live here.' It's been amazing." Read more at CBS CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.