Posted 6:41 PM by Floyd

Great article in today's San Jose Mercury News about the horrible Silicon Valley light rail system. Highlights:

• Over a billion dollars has been spent on capital expenses.
  
• Light rail fares pay for only 12% of operating expense.
  
• Light rail is slow, averaging only 15 miles per hour. It takes an hour and twenty minutes to get from southern San Jose to Sunnyvale.
  
• Most damning, light rail ranked last in virtually every criteria when compared against comparable cities like Dallas, Sacramento, and Denver. (Did you even know that Dallas and Denver had light rail? Me neither.)