The Friday Cyclotouriste

a geo-photoblog chronicling my "excursions velo"

Bicycling Culture……Early 20th Century Transit or Horses on Market St.

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A hundred years ago, we had an abundance of transit options with high multi-modal connectivity:  streetcars and trolleys running continuously (no waiting for a bus to arrive); automobiles; bicycles; ferries plying the bay; railroads; even climate-friendly horse-drawn carriages.

If you have seven minutes to spare watch the whole video; it’s rather amazing and with the soundtrack quite mesmerizing (click on the button with all the arrows to fill the screen).

Among other things, look for the progenitors of today’s fixed-gear riding San Francisco hipsters (at the 1:05 mark) and horses galloping and trotting down Market Street (at the 3:25 and 4:05 marks).

Written by fridaycyclotouriste

May 3rd, 2010 at 9:07 pm

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  1. Great archive stuff – amazing video

    JIm Nariel

    4 May 10 at 1:40 pm

  2. jim/ i thought so too. thanks. my uncle in iowa brought this to my attention!

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