South San Francisco travel or what mode of transportation will be preferred

That makes it impossible for public transit and mobility planners to make long-term infrastructure decisions. Theres no certainty of knowing, after the pandemic, when or where large numbers of people will be traveling or what mode of transportation will be preferred. It will take at least four years.The lesson is that transit extensions or capacity expansion plans now on the drawing board should pause by being placed on hold until 2025.

In the North Bay, that pause should include the proposed reconfiguration of downtown San Rafaels Bettini Transportation Center. The extension of SMARTs train tracks north of Windsor to Healdsburg and Cloverdale should also be paused, as well as instituting rail service linking SMART in South Novato with Vallejo and Solano County.

Thats essential if a ballot measure with a two-thirds supermajority is to pass, continuing the one-quarter cent sales tax which funds SMART. If that measure fails, North Bay rail commuting will cease operation after 2029 when the current tax expires. If thats the upshot, expansions to Northern Sonoma County or Vallejo will be a waste of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Instead, Californians should spend the next three or four years concentrating public funds and efforts on problems that are known now and wont go away. That includes upgrading water supply infrastructure, devising effective approaches to the homeless crisis, and preparing for inevitable natural disasters including wildland fire, earthquakes and sea level rise.Dick Spotswood Pandemic uncertainty should pause all transit, highway expansionThe lesson is that transit extensions or capacity expansion plans now on the drawing board should pause by being placed on hold until 2025.

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