Have ridden the LA metrolink, subway and light rail. All are very fast, clean and well used. The system(s) there continue to be expanded. BART is facing problems, due mainly to the way the state funds it. The BART Board is threatening to drastically limit service or shut it down completely if a tax increase currently on the November ballot fails to pass. The system should be funded directly from the State's general fund, which could assure steady funding and reduce the high cost of tickets. The state itself has been trying to build a "bullet train" from Los Angeles to Sacramento for many years but very little of it has been built. SR
> On 03/11/2026 12:23 PM PDT David Walters via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe that. I've been an experiment in the Bay Area: make BART free for 2 > months. See the results. I assume a huge drop off of air pollution, traffic > snarls cut in half, a better quality of life. I'd love to see it tried. > > LA and Washington DC are greatly expanding their subway system, turning into > both the "city metros" they are now into regional rail transit. > > David > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41071): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41071 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118266452/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
