MUNI Design

San Francisco's local public transportation system, MUNI, has a fleet of buses, vintage streetcars, and light rail trains.  Did you know that the design of its light rail trains, as seen here:

was brought to us by the same company that designed this:

How did I know, you ask?  Well, when I was riding home one day on the fairly clean N-train, reading signs and shit, I saw this little gem:

After some thorough (and therefore bulletproof) wikipedia research, I encountered a few facts about these streetcars!  In the late 1990s, MUNI replaced its fleet of Boeing streetcars with these newer Italian Breda streetcars, designed by Pininfarina.  In addition to designing these streetcars, Pininfarina designed the gorgeous Ferrari 458 Italia, seen above.  

You know what else Pininfarina designed?  The 2006 Olympic torch.  Oh Pininfarina, what will you design next?