Comments on: Cable Car Confessions #11: Top 10 Manners

By: Manner Ladies

Manner Ladies — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:06:14 +0000

Yay! We Manner Ladies appreciate any/every effort to further the state of civility on mass transit. Carry on!

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By: Akit

Akit — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:03:51 +0000

Here’s my tip:
–Always be a single passenger, odds are better on getting a spot on the car, plus better chance for the Cable Car to stop if you are the sole passenger at the stop and it’s packed.

–Always board the cable car at the first stop after the turnaround. Muni is packing the car about 1/2 full at the Powell turnaround, so you’ll get a shot at a spot.

–Show you are a local by showing your fast pass at the approaching Cable Car. Operators will most likely stop for the locals. Worked for me when a packed Hyde car was approaching and I flashed my pass and the car stopped just for me.

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By: Dingo

Dingo — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:41:14 +0000

Umm…. I live on the Hyde street line and if you don’t assert your right to board the car by standing in the road the operator will assume that you are a tourist and blow by you without stopping. And why would you tell the operator that you’d like him to stop two stops before your stop when there are signs telling you to alert the driver a half block before your stop? Hahahah, pull the chord? Give it a shot and report back…

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By: jcsnotes

jcsnotes — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:07:42 +0000

Ditto. Pulling the cable, indeed merely touching the cable, and you will, to quote the great Walter Sobchak, enter a world of pain. There may even be yelling. Big no-no.

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By: Commuter

Commuter — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:40:56 +0000

This thing again? This “local” gets quite a few things wrong. If you’re going to try to give people etiquette lessons, you might want to make sure you’re correct first.

#2 — dubious. Cable cars don’t actually stop at the signs. They usually stop in the middle of the intersection. They won’t yell at your for boarding in the middle of the street. They like it when you get on promptly. If you just stand next to the sign, you might get left behind.

#6 — completely wrong. If you touch that cable you will really get the anger of the driver and conductor. Just tell them you want a stop. Don’t touch the cable/bell. If you actually ride any of the cable cars, you’d see the signs EVERYWHERE that say DON’T PULL THE CABLE.

#7 — completely backwards. One bell is stop. Two bells is clear to go.

6 out of 10? That’s a D-

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