[dilap]

It's a shame that SF politics are so dysfunctional it can't have a metro at the same level of quality as, say, North Korea.

[coolspot]

North Korea? If you think it is a good example of a low bar of transit quality/safety to meet, then you’re comically far off.

[dilap]

You think that's setting the bar too high or too low?

[coolspot]

Too high. I think NK transit system is incomparably safer and cleaner than BART.

Riding without a ticket? Jail.

Littering on the platform? Straight to jail, right away!

Doing any violent crime in NK transit? Believe it or not - death by firing squad.

Here is a quick overview of how the system works: https://youtu.be/eiyfwZVAzGw?si=CnOMa8F6NkiyhifE

[dilap]

We're in agreement about the facts on the ground.

Setting aside safety for a moment, consider just hygiene: BART is shockingly dirty. Which suggests mismanagement, above and beyond just a lack of detterence of criminality.

As for safety -- firing squads are probably not in the cards, but would jailing the violent be too much to hope for?

[kelnos]

SF doesn't run BART, though.

Not saying SF politics is great, but at least point to the correct boogeyman.

[dilap]

I didn't know that, but please accept SF as a sloppy metonym for bay area. :-)