Riding the Rails Italian Style: Italian Wheels on the Streets of San Francisco

Sep 16, 2014 502

Have you ever noticed the jaunty vintage streetcars rolling along Market Street and around the Embarcadero? Have you ever wondered why some of them have foreign identifications on them? That would be because they are vintage streetcars from around the world, including Milan, Italy!

In 1962 San Francisco county voters approved several bond measures that included funding for the construction of the Market Street subway, BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), and for street reconstruction and beautification.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano

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