[pj_mukh]

I wonder how much of this is just because of the failure of Bay Area-wide fast public transit.

BART never made it to the peninsula and electrification of Caltrain is taking its sweet time. The only remaining option seems for everyone to crowd into SF :/.

[chx]

What I always found fascinating (from very far, mind you) is how unconnected the entire area is -- while you can drive from Fremont to Palo Alto in half an hour (outside of peak hours at least) or from Hayward to San Mateo if you try this with public transit, it often becomes the proverbial "you can't get there from here" at least not without going into San Jose or San Francisco. Is there a reason there's almost no public transit on the Dumbarton and San Mateo bridges?

[cylinder]

Insane we are talking about electrifying a train line in 2019 in the tech capital of America.

[chrischen]

Population and density have been low enough that a of peninsula people own cars.

[cylinder]

Don't think that's it. Even Brisbane (Queensland) electrified its suburban rail in the late 1970s.