A Crazy Expensive Bay Area Transportation Transformation
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An industry group with deep Bay Area roots is pushing public officials to bond $100-billion dollars. If voters were to approve (possibly on the 2020 ballot), it would build LOTS of new transportation infrastructure across 9 counties. Would it work? What would get built? It may be worth asking Los Angeles and Seattle.
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