SF Muni Route 30 Trolley Bus PoV Ride: Sports Basement to Caltrain

Nice lookin' trip!

lets gooo!

Trolleybusses, wooh (largest system in the Western Hemisphere)!
SF's gonna have overhead electrification for busses and trains!

Vibes, Go down to San Jose its not as bad as everyone makes it out to be

i wish i could afford to live in sf. it has everything i want except for reasonably priced rents.

That's a beautiful ride!

I rode this route back in 2018 when I visited SF, out of curiosity does anyone know how the driver stays in line with the wire, does it steer automatically?

Wake up babe, new alan fisher video

Only thing this needs now is some commentary about the system and an interview with a long time ‘cab’ operator

Wow! I love these SlowTV real time journey videos of transit lines. I mostly see them of various European trains and trams and buses. I wish it were more a thing here too but I’m guessing there’s a lot more red tape involved to make videos like this here in North America.

I remember taking the 30, I took it for all sorts of reasons because it serves so many diverse locations in the city.

Alan turned my face off at the end and now I can't see.

Seeing a bus in San Francisco makes me remember Mrs Doubtfire.

Was the camera placed outside? I can hear the wind flow. I imagine you had permission from that bus operator to film it this way. Anyways cool video!😉👍💯🚎

Then someday you can take a true electric bus to an electric caltrain. A sight we need more of in this country.

Figured "Sports Basement" was a snarky nickname for something but, nah. It's an actual place.

did u just stick a go pro to the bus and hope the driver didn't see lol

man trolleybuses are just so damn cool. I wish we had more of them in the US. The wires are cool, and they're quiet as hell

Green traffic lights are so satisfying and red so disappointing.

the amount of entitled people just parking in the middle of the road is insufferable. Uber was the biggest mistake to our cities.

the dirty 30! I LOVE SF

This is a unique way to look at the world! As a kid, I always wanted to sit up front in the bus, or trolley. Loved the Birds Eye unobstructed view. Especially in tunnels! As adult I try to do this but am mindful of passengers who may be challenged & in need of the front seat. Excellent video.

How did you film that? GoPro on the bike rack?

Very nice, is this the full route by any chance?

cars, ew

Thank you, Alan for presenting a bus driver's perspective in operating a trolleybus. On a personal note, some of the narrower streets should be devoided of parked cars and trucks, unless the motorists resided/visited the residential areas along the route and truck drivers were making quick deliveries. But, in a major city such as San Francisco, that's probably close to impossible to implement without pushback from certain civic groups.

TROLLEYS ARE THE BEST RAHHHH

I presume this is a hybrid battery electric bus that uses a battery before reaching the spot to release the double trolley poles.

The 30 Stockton runs artics on that line? I recall the they were 40' because the artics couldn't maneuver Chinatown's narrow streets.