[WestCoastJustin]

I was wondering what these "gleaming white, with dark-tinted windows, like limousines, and some days I think of them as the spaceships on which our alien overlords have landed to rule over us." actually looked like:

[0] http://sfcitizen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/ip2ku-c...

[1] http://sfcitizen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/IMG_003...

[2] http://missionlocal.org/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/e...

[patmcguire]

The bus in the first one almost looks stuck by how sharp the grade change is. Is this common in SF?

[bradleyland]

In some areas, yes. SF's Filbert and 22nd St make the top 10 steepest streets in the states:

http://www.fixr.com/infographics/top-10-US-steepest-streets....

If you get the opportunity... No, scratch that... Make the opportunity to visit San Francisco some time. It's a beautiful city within a short drive of some incredible parts of the West Coast of the US.

[Falling3]

Look at the front of the bus; you can see some towing cables attached to it.

[rdouble]

That's just the MUNI track.

[ahlatimer]

No, it's actually stuck. http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2012/06/10/noe-valleys-23rd-street...

[rdouble]

ahhh. cool! (?)

[coryrc]

Look again (the GP is correct).

[rdouble]

Yes.

[esrauch]

Yep, definitely a spaceship