What San Diego Should Learn From the Country’s Best and Worst Public Transit Systems

From Portland’s TriMet to Atlanta’s MARTA

By Hutton Marshall / SanDiego350.org Not all public transportation systems are created equal. Across the country, there’s a huge gulf between bumper-to-bumper black holes like Los Angeles versus cities like the subway-happy New York City, which boasts 660 miles of rail transit. Many of the cities we now see as pinnacles of functional transit became that way out of utility. New Yorkers, for example, have come to see their expansive subway system as a way to escape fierce blizzards and even fiercer rush hours. Today, however, many cities have come to see public transit as an important tool in growing in a sustainable, environmentally conscious manner.   [Read more...]