Part two of this two-part series examines the likely failure of San Jose's light-rail system.
"Like San Diego, Portland, and St. Louis, San Jose jumped on the light-rail bandwagon in the early 1980s... Light rail is an obsolete technology that doesn't really work anywhere. But it is especially unsuitable in post-automobile urban areas such as San Jose, whose jobs are spread throughout the area rather than concentrated in a downtown. San Jose made a major mistake in committing itself to such an inappropriate form of transit. It is compounding that mistake by continuing to build light rail even as congestion increases and funds run short to operate its transit services."
Thanks to Chris Steins
Read the full story: San Jose Case Study Part Two: Light Rail
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