So now, for the environmental impact report, the metric will actually be environmentally related rather than "speedy car traffic" related.
Well, we can, it'll just suck.
The sad thing is, the minor transmit improvements are lauded as "marvels". Being recently back from Hong Kong, taking 15 years to build a 2-mile bus route just doesn't impress me.
And when you consider that a system like this (only far more extensive) is already in place in Bogotá [0] and has been for about 15 years... well, this little 2 mile stretch seems a bit underwhelming.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy SF is improving transit. I just wish it didn't take decades because it seems like other solutions are likely to come about in the mean time, which means wasted time.
Well if this article is to be believed that would not have happened here.
I think the process of environmental review is essential, and I think that too often NIMBYs throw wrenches in projects and make them worse, but that these forces must be balanced. This is a time when they are becoming more balanced.