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lambchopp59

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14. Public transit conundrum

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 10:56 AM

Mar 2023

My college career was facilitated well, riding BART non-commute hours. It provided me those few valuable minutes of study time each day. Typical city resident: did relatively well without a vehicle. My other half and I used rent-a-wreck (affordable alternative in those days) for weekend Big Sur and other camping excursions.
Then there was the maddening aspect of "WTF" up with 5 MUNI buses all coming in a row after an hour of none... plenty of steamed passengers.
Coming full circle I realize my retirement will be best accomplished mostly surrendering "the car keys" except for short grocery market trips. I'll still be depending on BART to the doctor. Bay area remains the most transit served area in the entire western U.S.
But I'll stay off the damn freeways. Drivers are generally way too crazy for me to contend with anymore.

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A per-mile highway toll? It's being studied for the Bay Area. [View all] Auggie Mar 2023 OP

NJ Turnpike is sort of like that. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #1

As a former frequent driver on it, I'd pay tolls and gasoline tax, when 80% of mileage was on it. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #2

I read this as more of a congestion issue than an EV issue. But I couldn't get the Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #3

Oh, I didn't read it. It's just one of the excuses toll road proponents use to justify the fleecing. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #4

Lol! Yep! I bet you're right! Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #5

I was one of those that fought former Gov. Jon Corzine's toll road scam he was trying to implement. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #6

Thanks for your posts Auggie Mar 2023 #9

Not that I'm knocking your article, but in most states, don't they already have admin. boards SWBTATTReg Mar 2023 #18

It depends on how the charter is written. It won't use the standard State DOT commission. TheBlackAdder Mar 2023 #21

It's a congestion and carbon emissions story Auggie Mar 2023 #8

They kind of do that with the express lane. They better have adequate affordable mass transit if JohnSJ Mar 2023 #7

The rich have helicopters. usonian Mar 2023 #10

The jobs that the poor are concentrated in are not able to WFH MichMan Mar 2023 #11

Exactly. Additionally, most have been priced out of the Bay Area ... Auggie Mar 2023 #13

Why would the "skies be clouded by attendant pollution" ? MichMan Mar 2023 #12

Public transit conundrum lambchopp59 Mar 2023 #14

These "Bay Area transportation planners" must be new to the area. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #15

It got worse. Especially in the North Bay. Auggie Mar 2023 #16

I'm sure it did. Mr.Bill Mar 2023 #17

Again, TFG is way ahead of us. Flying cars! Who needs roads? Midnight Writer Mar 2023 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Mar 2023 #20

Great. Grind down the working man/woman The Mouth Mar 2023 #22

It's just an idea for now Auggie Mar 2023 #23

A stupid, elitist, anti-working class one The Mouth Mar 2023 #24