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Sounds like San Francisco has a serious homeless problem, and possibly other problems as well (enforcement on the public transit lines?). Perhaps it should deal with that. Building a redundant public transit line to pretend the problem doesn't exist doesn't really sound like a solution, and creates inefficiencies that exacerbates the disparity in wealth.

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SF should just figure out a way to keep homeless off public transit. Perhaps they could charge nominal access fees that could be waived by a DL, passport or other proof of residence, and use the extra revenue to fund improved security.

>to keep homeless off public transit

They don't need to do that. Being homeless doesn't mean you are necessarily lacking in morals and public decency. They need to find some way to enforce reasonable behaviour from their paying passengers of whatever status.

I don't know about keeping the homeless off of public transit. I just don't want to have to smell them, or have my physical safety threatened by them. We're going to fail at treating the disease (failed healthcare), but at least we can look at treating some of the symptoms in order to increase diversity in our transportation system.

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