James Farrar wrote:
Mark Brader wrote:
San Francisco still runs cable cars. They have tiny capacity, are
hugely inflexible, require crew operation and are wholly
inaccessible to wheelchair users.


And they only have one speed, which is 9.5 mph.

Two speeds, otherwise people might have trouble getting on and off

Being pedantic, they have a TOP speed of 9.5mph, but can do any speed below
that depending on how hard the Gripper pulls his lever back. Actually they
can do more than 9.5mph on a downhill if the Gripper lets go altogether, but
then he'd get sacked!