Has Aggressive Driving Gotten Worse? And Two Other Transit Qs

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

It's a three-part transit lightning round! First we look at if aggressive driving has gotten worse in recent years. Then we take a trip on the San Francisco Water Taxi, and discover a low-cost way to get out on the San Francisco Bay. Finally, we crunch on the numbers on if the SMART Train in Sonoma and Marin is easing traffic along the 101 corridor. Buckle up, the answers are coming fast and furious this week. Additional Reading: Read the transcript for this episode Is the SMART Train Easing Highway 101 Traffic in Marin and Sonoma? Scooting Along the San Francisco Bay Front in a Water Taxi Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Dan Brekke, Katrina Schwartz and Paul Lancour. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Xorje Oliveras, Paul Lancour, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:00.0	From K-QED. Every weekday morning, millions of us Bay Area residents get out of our cozy beds
0:10.0	and embark on a mystifying migration unlike any other on planet Earth.
0:15.0	All right, heading out the door.
0:18.0	It is 7 o'clock on the nose.
0:21.0	The sun will not rise for another 20 minutes or so.
0:26.0	This is Paul Lencore, one of my colleagues at KQED.
0:29.6	Leaving my home in Nevada, I'm going to make the short drive to the downtown Nevada smart train.
0:39.9	He's setting off on a daily ritual so many of us humans make, not for food or water exactly, like you might expect from the rest of the animal kingdom, but for work.
0:57.0	I'm talking about our daily commute, of course. Today, we've asked Paul to trade in his daily commute by car into K-Q-Q-E's offices in San Francisco for a public transit bonanza.
1:06.5	Along the way he'll be riding the somewhat new smart train through Marin County.
1:11.5	Smart stands for Sonoma-Merene Area Rail Transit by the way.
1:17.0	Why are we sending him on this mission?
1:19.0	To answer this question from a listener.
1:21.0	My question is,
1:23.4	as the North Bay Smart Train had any actual impact on relieving traffic on highway 101.
1:30.3	We'll be checking in with Paul throughout the episode as he makes his way to the
1:34.2	K-QD offices to deliver the answer for Brian. But along the way we'll answer two
1:39.8	other commuter questions. Listener, Lorel Heccha Nova thinks drivers have gotten a little out of control recently.
1:46.6	Are drivers around here more aggressive lately or is it just me?
1:51.8	Her question won a recent Bay Curious Public Voting Round.
1:54.9	And then finally, is there an antidote
1:57.3	to all this commuting misery floating on the bay?
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