"The Promise of Public Transit: A Personal Awakening"
Jan 18, 2024 - 11:53amSummary: While walking in Ocean Beach with Kyle, the author encountered advocates for turning SDG&E into a public utility and expressed enthusiastic support, emphatically agreeing to sign the pledge without persuasion. This experience also reignited the author's interest in infrastructure, particularly in the areas of passenger rail and mass transit in the U.S., and prompted considerations of viable solutions for American transit issues, taking into account economics and lifestyle factors. Their repeated proclamation of curiosity underscores a deep engagement with the topic. The author is intrigued by the possibilities of improving transit infrastructure in the U.S. and is eager to explore this passion further.Transcript: Something awesome yesterday was while walking around OB with Kyle, there was the pledge basically to have our local government buy SDG&E and turn the utility public. And I walked by and I said, fuck, yeah, fuck, fuck SDG&E. Cause fuck SDG&E. And yeah, I was probably so stoked. And I signed that and I was so stoked to sign it and they didn't even have to convince me. I was, I was ready. I was like, give me, give me that thing. I'll fucking sign it. Which is really fun. And it's also just reminding me of well, I was watching a video on, on passenger rail in the U S and it's just reminding me of my passion for infrastructure and rail and better ways of, of doing mass transit or transit generally in the U S and trying to understand what is reasonably viable given our, our situation and economics and, and, and how people live their lives. So, yeah. Curious, curious, curious, curious.
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