Traffic gridlock breaks trend -- it's worse Michael Cabanatuan, Chronicle Staff Writer - Thursday, September 15, 2005 That backed-up commute traffic really is getting worse, Bay Area transportation officials said Wednesday, speculating that it's evidence the economy is finally pulling out of the slow lane. For the first time since 2000, traffic congestion in the nine-county Bay Area increased last year, according to an annual report from Caltrans and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the region's transportation planning and financing agency. » www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c···P5F1.DTL
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 | | yes The increase of public transit fees everywhere did not help. | |
|  | | | Re: yes You're right. AC Transit raised their one-way fares to $1.75 with $.25 extra if you want a transfer (and it's only good for one transfer not unlimited like Muni). Once they decided to raise their monthly pass (31-day), that did it for me and been driving since August. Of course, I picked a fine time to drive when gas is at an all-time high  . | |
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kudos:1 | Considering all the costs of a car, gas, wear and tear, upkeep, insurance, etc., rail and transit are a HUGE bargain, raised fees or not. | |
| | | | | Re: yes It may be a "HUGE" bargain, but consideration has to be made for those that are living marginally. There people in the Bay Area are still working minimum wage, which at the moment is $6.75/hr. | |
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2 edits | Re: yes Exactly my point, if you are in that bracket, owning a car is something you probably can't afford, and it makes it an even bigger bargain. Rail and Mass transit is something even the poorest in our society can afford. | |
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