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It's a shame that SF politics are so dysfunctional it can't have a metro at the same level of quality as, say, North Korea.
by dilap 1y ago
It's a shame that SF politics are so dysfunctional it can't have a metro at the same level of quality as, say, North Korea.
- coolspot 1y agoNorth Korea? If you think it is a good example of a low bar of transit quality/safety to meet, then you’re comically far off.
- dilap 1y agoYou think that's setting the bar too high or too low?
- coolspot 1y agoToo high. I think NK transit system is incomparably safer and cleaner than BART. Riding without a ticket? Jail. Littering on the platform? Straight to jail, right away! Doing any violent crime in NK transit? Believe it or not - death by firing squad. Here is a quick overview of how the system works: https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw?si=CnOMa8F6NkiyhifE https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw?si=CnOMa8F6NkiyhifE
- dilap 1y agoWe're in agreement about the facts on the ground. Setting aside safety for a moment, consider just hygiene: BART is shockingly dirty. Which suggests mismanagement, above and beyond just a lack of detterence of criminality. As for safety -- firing squads are probably not in the cards, but would jailing the violent be too much to hope for?
- kelnos 1y agoSF doesn't run BART, though. Not saying SF politics is great, but at least point to the correct boogeyman.
- dilap 1y agoI didn't know that, but please accept SF as a sloppy metonym for bay area. :-)