Mar 01, 2025
Cable network | Monocle
A steadfastly manual mode of transport still trundles this tech city’s steep streets. We hop aboard. Annie Washington, born and raised in San Francisco, makes one thing clear as we step into the
A steadfastly manual mode of transport still trundles this tech city’s steep streets. We hop aboard.
Annie Washington, born and raised in San Francisco, makes one thing clear as we step into the racing-green interior of her cable car. “This middle section belongs to me and me only,” she says, pointing to a large metal lever and a mass of cogs below. monocle’s request to try piloting Washington’s cable car is firmly rebuffed, which is almost certainly for the best. “I’ve driven a bus and a trolley but there’s nothing more difficult than this cable car,” says Washington, only the sixth woman to get behind the stick in the…
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