The power of 10%
"Getting rid of 10 percent of the traffic can totally eliminate the congestion."
In the aftermath of the freeway fire and collapse in San Francisco, everyone expected a traffic nightmare, but it hasn't materialized. The city was braced for a "nightmare commute scenario," but instead, traffic congestion is down dramatically and ridership on the BART is up. The city opened the BART for free on Monday, the first day of the work commute after the fire, and apparently a significant number of former drivers are continuing to take transit. Ridership has fallen as the week has gone on, but overall numbers are still up noticeably. It will be interesting to see how many of those former drivers make the switch permanently.
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ebs | 10:37 AM |
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Argh it's not "the BART" -- just BART.
