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You're reading more into the situation than is available. Do you know why the south bay has historically bad public transit, and particularly bad transit connec

You're reading more into the situation than is available. Do you know why the south bay has historically bad public transit, and particularly bad transit connections to the rest of the bay? Let me put it this way: There were (are?) overpasses that were designed to be too low for city buses to pass underneath them. Improving public transit requires the cooperation of multiple entities. Hiring private buses does not. We do not know, one way or another, if cooperation was attempted.

x0x0 12y ago
What? We do, of course, know that cooperation was attempted -- and San Mateo screwed us all. They're why bart doesn't come to palo alto. See eg the original map [1]. Half or more of the problem with all bay area public transport is that lots of the peninsula actively likes not having working public transit. I live in Belmont and I'm an active voter. Mayoral / council campaigns here don't outright say "no public transit ever" but if you read between the lines its there. Lots of people move to the peninsula to have their house in the suburbs (turning nimby the second the deed changes names), and public transit or dense housing is not desired. Of course, bitching about 101 or 280 doesn't stop just because they actively subvert the only way to fix our transportation fiasco. I do have a solution, though: it's time to give up on the bay area. I figure I can start a company in Tahoe and draw amazing engineers. Live in Tahoe and get 20 snow-days a year doesn't sell every engineer, but it definitely sells a handful of great ones. That's the idea, anyhow... [1] http://www.sonic.net/~mly/www.geolith.com/bart/figure1.html http://www.sonic.net/~mly/www.geolith.com/bart/figure1.html