Originally Posted By: Hankster
Originally Posted By: Illahee


At some point the expense and hassle won't be worth it and people will instead use mass transit.

As hard and as inconvenient as they try to make it in S.F. and as high as fuel costs go up, mass transit use in the form of riding buses keeps going down. Routes are dropped north of here on a regular basis. East and south of here, BART and Caltrain riders increase their use a little.

The city was even floating a plan to make parking spots in private business lots paid. Can you imagine going to a grocery store and finding a price increase to cover parking expenses? It didn't fly.



Portland vowed 30 years ago there would be no more major freeways built in the Metro area, the city has opted instead on a 35 mile East West light rail, North South lines run to the airport and Clackamas Town Center and from downtown to the Expo Center.
New lines are being built to Milwaukie presently.
Down town has trolleys running on many side streets.

http://trimet.org/maps/railsystem.htm


Edited by Illahee (02/14/13 06:09 PM)