Inflation of housing costs wouldn't be that big of a problem if we had cheap and fast public transportation.
I live in the Bay Area, and I've seen families forced to move further and further from the area to afford a reasonable house and good education for their kids. The problem is, now they have to commute for hours, driving in sub-optimal conditions to get to their jobs.
Imagine if BART charged a flat $1 fare? Or if the Caltrain ran every 15 minutes from 5AM to 1AM and charged $1/ride? Then living far away wouldn't be that bad. But we're getting squeezed from both sides here: sky high housing costs, and terrible commutes on gridlocked "highways".
Or if the Caltrain ran every 15 minutes from 5AM to 1AM and charged $1/ride?
Then you'd have absolute gridlock at all unseparated crossings (e.g. Castro Street, Rengstorff, Menlo, Redwood City, etc. Those would have to be separated first.
I live in the Bay Area, and I've seen families forced to move further and further from the area to afford a reasonable house and good education for their kids. The problem is, now they have to commute for hours, driving in sub-optimal conditions to get to their jobs.
Imagine if BART charged a flat $1 fare? Or if the Caltrain ran every 15 minutes from 5AM to 1AM and charged $1/ride? Then living far away wouldn't be that bad. But we're getting squeezed from both sides here: sky high housing costs, and terrible commutes on gridlocked "highways".