I got the e-motion power assist & new quicke the day before the trip. Actually convinced the airline to fold and stash it in a closet.

It is the cats pajamas!!!! The whole thing may be 15 # heavier but no problema. There are two main settings with several in between.
I keep it at low. It is positively possessed at high. Finally moving at the speed of me.
I cried when I got it. I was dancing.
It was so graceful.

The battery holds a normal days strolling needs for me. I took a couple of SF hills no sweat. Companion was nearly hospital bound.
One week in the area was not enough but there is soooo much to see and do and EAT. Cruised(drove) through Haight Ashbury. Wanted to go into a Medical mj parlor but I don't think companion was game.
Another time. hehehe.

I never used public transport but it looks very wchair friendly. (No streetcar access though, oh well)

SF is $$ for a person needing an accessible room. Checked out the AYhostel near fishermans wharf. They have a couple of private rooms. Flat area facing the water and Marin County beyond. OOOO, I could do it.

My little bro is quite a guy. He has given up a lot of a normal life to live w/my mom and keep her out of assisted living which would do her in quickly.
He lives with her wheelchair life and his profession has him advocating for elderly, physically disabled and (unPC) short and long run lunatics.
He gets IT as much as anyone can. It would be a big kick playing wheelchair w/him. We are really a good kind of BAAAAAD together.

Thank God he can stand up and jog, hike, ski, skate,swim, lift weights.
You are going to dig the assist. HOckey, anyone?
And really, High Speed is like a chair demonically POSSESSED!!!!