I moved to the Bay Area in 1982. I'd heart about BART. "Oh boy, I get to use BART," I thought. And I flew in from the east coast, found an apartment in Cupertin

I moved to the Bay Area in 1982. I'd heart about BART. "Oh boy, I get to use BART," I thought. And I flew in from the east coast, found an apartment in Cupertino, and . . . no BART. Quickly I found there was no chance in hell I'd get to use it in the south bay. So I drove everywhere. I think I was on BART maybe twice, the whole 20+ years I was in Silly Valley. In the 90s, San Jose built light rail from useless point A to other useless point B. I couldn't use that, either. So I was still driving everywhere. I live in the Seattle area now. Still no happy ending, though there was a huge push for a transit expansion (and a corresponding tax increase), and I hear we'll get light rail in our area in maybe ten years. That'll be nice.