Preliminary engineering and environmental studies have also been started for a Desire Avenue streetcar project that would restore trolley service in a four-mile loop operating from Canal Street on St. Claude Avenue and North Rampart Street. A fleet of 35 Perley A. Thomas streetcars dating from 1922-1923 operates the St. Charles line, while another seven historic cars are used on the Riverfront line. A new fleet of 23 replica Perley Thomas cars will be built for the Canal line at RTA's Carrollton shops. Their success led to development of the six-mile F Line, which now operates on Market Street and The Embarcadero to Fisherman's Wharf. A planned extension will add an E Line, which will share Embarcadero trackage with the F Line between Fisherman's Wharf and the Ferry Building, continuing south from the foot of Market Street on existing MUNI Metro surface tracks to the PacBell ballpark and Caltrain station, a major redevelopment area.
Funding is already in hand for station modifications.
Other proposed extensions include a westward extension of the F Line from Fisherman's Wharf to the Marina District, the Presidio, and Golden Gate Bridge, and a G Line to Golden Gate Park. Peter Witt trams, and seven historic streetcars. Additional cars will be needed to operate the planned E Line, and MUNI is currently evaluating the best equipment options, with a preference for rehabilitated PCCs. Kenosha Transit began operating its two-mile streetcar circulator system last June, linking its Metra commuter rail station with downtown Kenosha and the Harborpark development on the shore of Lake Michigan at the site of a former American Motors auto plant. The service is operated with five rebuilt, ex-Toronto PCCs.