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1. dcrazy · 1790136398 · focus · HN ↗

   Meanwhile, the 47 Muni bus that connects the Van Ness transit corridor to Caltrain has been “suspended” since 2020, and the extension of Caltrain to the transit center is still unfunded.

   I appreciate solutions that meet us where we are, but it’s depressing that we don’t seem to actually have the will to make a sustainable, integrated mass transit plan.

   1. 8f2ab37a-ed6c · 1790136807 · focus · HN ↗

      In the Bay Area it's easier to create AGI than reliable, consistent, clean public transit.

      1. mixdup · 1790173421 · focus · HN ↗

         > The program applies to all 27 San Francisco Bay Area transit agencies that accept contactless Visa tap-to-pay.

         Probably has something to do with that. Why on Earth are there 27 different transit agencies in the Bay Area? Probably should be a single digit, no?

         1. zardo · 1790175228 · focus · HN ↗

            The why would be the ~100 municipalities in the bay area.

            1. mixdup · 1790184005 · focus · HN ↗

               Which is a problem in and of itself, at least theoretically. I don't live in SF, but I do live in a highly balkanized area (Atlanta) where the proliferation of local governments is a weight around the neck of the region overall

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