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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 12:31 PM Oct 2015

In Silicon Valley, transit is worthy of a DU-style flamewar [View all]

Backstory: Local operator VTA is looking to build bus rapid transit (BRT) along El Camino Real, the main drag leading from San Jose through Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and on up the Peninsula. Judging by the reactions in the comments, you'd think Obama was trying to take their guns cars away!

You get three guesses as to which one is me. The first two don't count.

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_28920974/el-camino-bus-plan-could-threaten-support-sales

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