Bikes, Boats, Scooters and Cable cars (nearly)

With this area of the world leading the way in many innovations and new business approaches I got to try some new and old approaches to travel.
I used Uber Rides (in conjunction with Jump bikes) to find one of the electric bikes randomly parked around the city. This was great fun as I went from bridge to bridge getting a little of the beaten track and covering way more ground that my usual walking.
Then I took the ferry over to Alcatraz, did the tour and decided to head up to Coit tower, for this I decided to try a short term rental of an Uber electric scooter, which was fun, nut couldn’t cope with going up or down the steep hills. That trip ended up at the Cable Car Museum, which was interesting and also had a sense of irony. I had planned to take the Cable car back to Union Square, but as I could clearly see in the museum (which houses the actual running mechanisms), the Powell cable wasn’t running… so in the end I strolled back to Union sq and my hotel.

Author: Ben Seymour

Date: 12th January 2020