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San Francisco took 20 years to build a bus line. It's very much a "let's never change anything" place.
by BurningFrog 4y ago
San Francisco took 20 years to build a bus line.
It's very much a "let's never change anything" place.
- xrd 4y agoYes, and in this case there are property owners who stand to lose hundreds of millions. They need to get permits to convert, but they can apply political pressure. I think things are different in that there are some powerful forces aligned to make this work, rather than just government ineptitude. Andy Jassy, as example, who owns part of the Mariners and a new NHL team. He's going to be motivated to protect that wealth by protecting downtown Seattle.
- m0llusk 4y agoThat is a highly inaccurate description of what happened. When the bus rapid transit lane was approve inspection showed that the infrastructure underneath was in dire need of maintenance, so the project attended that first in order to avoid simply digging up the newly built lane in the short term as old infrastructure failed. San Francisco has many problems and has made many mistakes recently, but this is an example of taking the time and money to get things right.