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BobMSN says

It also hurts our environment, wasting 800,000 gallons of gas each day of a
strike and putting 16 million lbs of carbon into the air.

How, because every right winger is having a fit and burning up the www and every other form of media?

There is a left vs left battle brewing
environmentalism vs union worker rights

“It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government.” --FDR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit

Bart 2012 operations..

Annual operating revenues.....$379.10 million
Annual expenses.....................$619.10 million
Annual profits (losses)............($240.00 million)

FDR for all his socialist leanings and policies was dead set against the unionization of federal employees.I suppose they represented a threat to his power. The Fed employees are to work at his direction not for their own livings

smaulgld says

represented a threat to his power

or contrary to the purpose/mission of public service

Ooh, an online petition - those always work.

smaulgld says

There is a left vs left battle brewing

environmentalism vs union worker rights

That doesn't even make since? Why would environmentalism want to take away workers rights?

I'm surprised the Bay Area doesn't have any commuter or regional rail.

Aren't they they the ones who always push those kind of solutions.

Shouldn't they have installed a San Jose, Palo Alto, Santa Cruz, Downtown train by now?

Homeboy says

Ooh, an online petition - those always work.

Not sure, but suggest something better.

John Bailo says

I'm surprised the Bay Area doesn't have any commuter or regional rail.

Okay, well I guess it does, CalTrain:

http://www.caltrain.com/stations/systemmap.html

How come I never hear much about (compared to BART)?

Do many people commute by train from say Palo Alto (or reverse commute from The City to their high tech jobs south)?