Psych ward!

synonymouse Wrote:
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> SMART is largely irrelevant in the overall context
> of Northbay transport. The clumsy connection
> north of Sir Francis Drake to the GGT ferries will
> soon serve to highlight the "trivial" impact.
>
> NCRA-NWP will face a dwindling future. Petaluma,
> where NWP's business is located, is being overrun
> with yuppies and ritchie riches from down below
> who have no use for agriculture. All the town
> wants to do is build more housing blocks and
> increase the tax base. More money for city hall
> to spend on salaries. Those grain elevators will
> be forced out in due course. ABAG wil applaud.
>
> Besides freight is automatically standard gauge
> and that will conflict with BART-MTC's long-range
> plans. SMART is just a place holder. IMHO if
> SMART cannot be reconstituted as electric light
> rail they might as well have paved the ROW, what
> GGT wanted to do.