LLBs getting their dueNow that I am experimenting with driving nearer the speed limit, I am seeing a lot more things I never had time for. In addition to the increase in people who try to...
Merritt Mullen
Move to San Diego and have .16% of every purchase in the county end up funding the damn trolley, the Coaster, the Sprinter, or a bus, cause they can't carry enough people to pay for themselves. They all move about the same speed anyway.
Move to San Diego and realize that outside of getting to-from Chargers-Padres games, or staying at a hotel, it's nearly useless. The Port Authority refuses to lose revenue from parking at the airport, so it doesn't connect there.
The military wouldn't help fund a Coaster station at Miramar, so it can't connect those military employees. The Navy encourages their staff at 32nd Street to avoid the trolley station, due to high crime rates there. The Marines are opposed to even letting trolley traffic pbutt through their base.
SDSU has experienced a surge in home invasions, robberys, and several rapes in the few months the trolley has connected there. Home and apartment prices have plummeted, hurting local homeowners and management companies. They're taxpayers.
They're also trying to double track parts of the Coaster's track, since it doesn't have enough capacity. It would be cheaper to add capacity to I-5 or an build an additional east-west freeway than pay for the real estate needed through Carmel Valley, Del Mar, and Solana Beach.
It's a delightful ride, but the costs are much higher than most people realize. We have paid billions of dollars in San Diego for something that has only replaced busses and made a few tourists smile.
We, the full time residents that make this city work and worth visiting, are left with insufficient freeways and local bridges that take years to repair after floods or fires due to lack of funding. Deliveries and service industries can't take a trolley and still be efficient.
Dave
