How modes can share the streets: San Francisco 1906

What would it be like if cars, bikes, trams and pedestrians shared the streets? We don't have to imagine - just look at this footage of downtown San Francisco in 1906... (via Arian Horbovetz at www.theurbanphoenix.com)
September 17, 2020

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