San Francisco's mass transit system, MUNI, announced a triple whammy today: driver layoffs, service cutbacks, AND a fare increase. Suckage all around. Scott and I rely on MUNI to get both to work and to school, so now we get to wait and see if the lines we ride will be affected, plus pay more for less service.
What a stupid, short-sighted move this is. There are not many cities that have the geography and urban density to make living without a car a real option, and San Francisco is one of them. SF should be increasing, not decreasing, the amount of mass transit coverage it has. Otherwise you're just making it harder for people to get around and encouraging more car use.
Yes, I know that budgets have to be balanced, yadda yadda, but there's got be be better ways to do it than this.
