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More Sales Taxes for Transit: We’re Not On Board!

Bay Area transit agencies are going to be even more desperate for money, given Gov.

Sep 10 • 

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August 2025

Calif. Transit: Comedy or Tragedy?

The cost of transit will make you laugh and cry all at the same time

Aug 22 • 

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The true cost of transit...

It's so much worse than you think

Aug 7 • 

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July 2025

A Difference of Opinion About Transit Leads to Major Questions

You may have missed the major difference of opinion about transit just expressed by two of our elected leaders.

Jul 9 • 

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June 2025

Zoning Alone Cannot Explain Unaffordable Bay Area Housing

For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

Jun 26 • 

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Bay Area Transportation and Housing Policies Cannot Stop Climate Change

A false solution to a true problem

Jun 5 • 

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“Affordable Housing” Is Making Things Worse

The way “Affordable Housing” is being done in California and most of the U.S.

Jun 2 • 

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May 2025

The BART Outage: Learning From Their Mistakes

Photo source.

May 19 • 

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Is High Density Housing Necessarily Good?

Beware any policy pitch that does not discuss tradeoffs

May 2 • 

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April 2025

Costly Bay Area Transit Extension Appears to Be Dead

And others should follow...

Apr 25 • 

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SB63: What it is, and why you should care

Hint: Do you want to pay lots of money because transit officials refuse to make any hard decisions?

Apr 18 • 

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March 2025

True Religion: A Reflection on Housing

I’m on vacation with old friends, and I got into a conversation about the housing “crisis” that motivated me to finally dig up this post from (recently…

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