Buses are transient and routes change over the years. Streetcars, due to rails, give a sense of permanence to an area to encourage development. San Francisco is

Buses are transient and routes change over the years. Streetcars, due to rails, give a sense of permanence to an area to encourage development. San Francisco is a great example with expansion of the N-Judah. You can see development along Cole Valley, UCSF, Inner Sunset, etc precisely because the rail tracks were planted there. OTOH, the 405 expansion project in Los Angeles was a boondoggle. $1.1 Billion and Five Years Later, the 405 Congestion Relief Project Is a Fail: http://www.laweekly.com/news/11-billion-and-five-years-later-the-405-congestion-relief-project-is-a-fail-5415772 http://www.laweekly.com/news/11-billion-and-five-years-later...