For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail?

Re:For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail? by bsder on Saturday August 13, 2016 @06:24PM (#12283357)

> Why does California not have a better public transportation system build? Especially in the Bay Area?

NIMBY.

The rich folks on the west side of the bay don't want extra train traffic through their enclaves. They like it gridlocked, thank you very much, so that the plebians have to stay out. And they have enough money to fight it.

East bay, on the other hand, has been working on it. BART is apparently almost to Milpitas.

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Re:For a Better Economy, Add Commuter Rail? by throwaway_exer on Saturday August 13, 2016 @10:12PM (#12284008)

Actually, bsder is correct. The reason BART was never extended from Millbrae to San Jose was that the intermediate towns, mainly Atherton, refused.

Today, meaning right now, Atherton's city attorney is engaged in a battle with High Speed Rail (HSR.)

He informed the transit planning commission that Atherton would not accept planning funds if it meant losing the legal right to sue to stop HSR.)

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