Questions for SamTrans

Jan 6, 2025
Jan 6, 2025
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Editor,

There are two critical questions about SamTrans:

(2) comments

Terence Y Jan 6, 2025 9:23am

Good questions, Mr. Marque, and good luck in getting answers. In reality, we will never have a fiscally and operationally viable mass transit system when transit systems continue to operate at 100% capacity with 50% or less ridership, with taxes and fees inevitably going towards paying union pensions and benefits rather than serving the public.

edkahl Jan 6, 2025 12:05pm

Current mass transit systems work for people not in a hurry to get somewhere but not for people that have to be somewhere at certain time. Smaller autonomous buses using AI is a probable solution.

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