Rail Transit Problems

Here is a post by Randy O’Toole at commonsblog.org from back in July of last year that reminded me, when I found it, of the class discussion on urban sprawl and more highways vs. mass transit. I thought this post quite interesting because of the examples Mr. O’Toole points to. He basically shows some examples of how certain cities addition of more rails has turned to more congestion in one case, more accidents in another, less actual users than projected in another, and even introduced a money scandal in yet another. The last particular case was in San Jose, CA and even the Sierra Club apposed the finishing of a new San Francisco BART line to San Jose.