Hanging off the running board as you crest a hill is pure SF joy, for about four minutes. The rest is queueing at Powell & Market behind two cruise ships' worth of people.
San Francisco's is the world's last manually operated cable car system; only 3 of the original 23 lines built between 1873 and 1890 remain · en.wikipedia.org
A single cable-car ride is sold as its own fare with no transfers (SFMTA sets the price) · sfmta.com