as chair of the san francisco chamber of commerce transportation committee, laubscher organized the inaugural historic trolley festival in collaboration with then-mayor dianne feinstein in 1982. in 1985, he established market street railway as a non-profit organization. his work with market street railway was instrumental in establishing the city’s historic f line, which opened in 1995 and is now the most popular transit line of its kind in the united states. he continues to serve as president and ceo of market street railway.