I was in San Francisco this weekend and I was absolutely thrilled to see all the street cars along the Embarcadero. They were painted in many different but bright colors. One has to wonder why as a country we fell so in love with our cars that we were blind to the benefits of public transportation, particularly rail based. It is nice to see it making a comeback with modern light rail equipment in cities like Sacramento and Denver as well as putting these old street cars to use in San Francisco.