Message to the City and County of Honolulu: If it’s done right, a light-rail transportation system can work.
As part of our San Jose Harvest Festival excursion the other day, the wife and I caught the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s light-rail train into town.
We caught the Almaden shuttle at the Oakridge Station, just across the street from the Westfield Shoppingtown parking lot, to the Ohlone/Chynoweth transfer station, then jumped on the Alum City line into downtown San Jose.
The trip on the VTA’s two-car train took only 20 minutes, about the same time it would have taken for us to drive. But … the train stopped smack dab in front of the convention center where the exhibition was being held, and the beauty of it all was that we didn’t have to find a parking space.
Exploration and discoveries are so much fun, don’t you think?
1 comment:
I wish my city had viable public transportation! I always envy the options available overseas and wonder why we can't replicate them here.
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