@thrrgilag someone's testing the HAARP array. :P
@jextxadore exactly. And you wonder why Uber is looking at self-driving technology. They know where it's going.
// @kdfrawg
@matigo I'm not even talking San Francisco proper, I'm talking about the wider area. You'd have to sit in traffic for two hours from such a location to even get to the city. :P
@kdfrawg for sure I can see the existing system doesn't work. Whether self-driving cars are part of the solution remains to be seen. I do know that once it becomes practical to hire a self-driving car on demand at a reasonable cost, I'm going to think twice about owning a car.
Hopefully that will be available by the time I'm old enough where I shouldn't be driving. :P
@matigo clearly you haven't seen the San Francisco Bay Area housing market. People pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a piece of property with a house on it, only to tear the house down and build something else on it.
@kdfrawg no doubt. Seriously, though, I think it's the only way forward for transit systems, as these large projects always take too long to build and don't effectively serve the people they claim to.
There is a transit initiative that they just pushed through around these parts that is raising the car tabs and sales taxes [dor.wa.gov] in the region. Thankfully, I live outside of this area, so I am not financially impacted.
The project they pushed through this most recent tax increase for is a light rail extension between Kent (just south of SeaTac) and Tacoma and is expected to complete in 2030. The extension to Tacoma Community College? 2039.
Are these people high?
@kdfrawg The one thing I hope comes sooner rather than later for "public transit" sake is self-driving cars. Think of the possibilities when it becomes financially feasible to drive people where they want reasonably close to when they want.
@kdfrawg It still comes down to location. In a dense city like SF, odds are better you live or work closer to one of the train/bus stops. In less dense cities, it's hit or miss.
When you cross municipalities, things are very hit or miss.
@kdfrawg There are times where I have parked near SeaTac and taken light rail into Seattle, which is reasonable. That said, light rail is packed before/after a Seahawks game. ?