Muni: the People's Railway at Its Centennial November 13, 2012

All aboard for a tour of the Muni from its conception, 100 years ago, including the Geary Street line, service to the Pan-Pacific Intl Expo, pioneering routes west of Twin Peaks, service through two World Wars, the Muni Metro and its role leading the American "streetcar renaissance." Join Grate Ute, a native San Franciscan and author with a passion for urban rail transportation, for the story of how San Francisco's progressive civic experiment in a "people's railway" showed American how to use municipal enterprise in a particularly challenging hilly city, and how streetcars can be a vehicle to revitalize a major urban center.