SF Public Transit has always suffered from severe urban blight. It is down right, condemnable, in some respects [1]. I am certainly not selectively harpooning

SF Public Transit has always suffered from severe urban blight. It is down right, condemnable, in some respects [1]. I am certainly not selectively harpooning the SF transit system. I do not have extensive familiarity with other places to judge whether things are just as bad, in other metropolitan areas, across the nation. Throwing good money after bad, while stubbornly refusing to tackle key problems like the dumping of their homeless populations by other states, has contributed to the current state of affairs. SF suffers from what is called a progress trap [2]. [1] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down-BART-escalators-3735981.php#photo-3239743 http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Human-waste-shuts-down... http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/escalators-san-francisco-bart-transit-system-shut-treated-toilets-article-1.1123006 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/escalators-san-fran... http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/13/50/11/3048045/7/628x471.jpg http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/13/50/11/3048045/7/628x471.jpg http://uptownalmanac.com/2012/07/human-feces-blamed-bart-escalator-clogging http://uptownalmanac.com/2012/07/human-feces-blamed-bart-esc... http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769_1251067_free.jpg?1345140534000 http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769... http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769_1251206_free.jpg?1345140534000 http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769... http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769_1251038_free.jpg?1345140534000 http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769... http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769_1251056_free.jpg?1345140534000 http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769... http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769_1251073_free.jpg?1345140534000 http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769... http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769_1251113_free.jpg?1345140534000 http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769... http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769_1251150_free.jpg?1345140534000 http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769... http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769_1251185_free.jpg?1345140534000 http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/239769/slide_239769... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_trap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_trap