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Originally Posted by combusean
They didn't kill it, they baited and switched the city by shuffling road improvements first and the train towards the end of T2050.
I'm still holding out for "Prop 500"--the extension to 400--which should be in the planning stages and could hypothetically accelerate T2050 as well as program new services such as regional rail.
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Not officially a kill, but the deferral put it on life support with little hope of resuscitation.
Prop 500 is indeed being planned. It has a brand identity as "Momentum":
https://www.ourmomentumplan.com/
I'm hoping for the best, but this could be a tough sell with the pandemic. There will inevitably be arguments that public transit shouldn't be expanded with ridership down and that much of the labor force will work from home forever. I'm deeply skeptical of any claims of permanent changes, but some voters may want to wait and see if commuting patterns rebound to pre-pandemic patterns before authorizing transit expansion and road building. I hope I'm wrong, though, because if Biden can actually get a major infrastructure deal done, there could be even more federal funding opportunities.
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