Discover East Bay Transit History: Streetcar Movers and Shakers

​In the mid-20th century, the East Bay had some 66 miles of electrified streetcar service. Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Richmond, Albany, and El Cerrito had direct rail service into San Francisco.

​Today, little remains of the East Bay’s late 19th- and early 20th-century’s streetcar systems. We are able, however, to acquaint ourselves with four important contributors to these systems at Oakland’s Mountain View Cemetery.

​Join us for a walking tour where local historian and author Dennis Evanosky will lead us through the cemetery and introduce us to four men who created and refined the lines that became the Key Route and evolved into the Key System.

​The tour will last until noon and will highlight fun and interesting facts about the cemetery. Everyone will go home with a handout featuring the streetcar lines and systems. Dennis will have two of his cemetery books for sale for $25 each, both for $40.

​Participants are encouraged to meet at 2000 Broadway in Oakland at 9:20am for a group ride on AC Transit 12 Bus to the cemetery. The bus departs at 9:37am.

​The walking tour will begin around 10am at the fountain inside Mountain View Cemetery’s gates (5000 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland).