[JMPRO]

I think buses and trains are too old a techolnolgy to get us out of this situtation. Buses are only used for short rides around town and such while trains are still surface transporation which require crossings which many Calif. drivers don't know how to use safetly . More people are killed each year at railroad crossings in Calif. than in any other state.Disneyland has been using monorails for almost 50 years, why can't some kind of system like that be used . The state already owns the right- of -way to all the freeways so just use the space over the freeways for monorails. Just don't let every little two-bit town and shopping center lobby for a stop at their favorite location. There was talk of putting a monorail from L.A. to Vegas. The system would have taken millions of cars a year off of our local freeways, what happened to that idea. What about big ferrys abel to carry cars and trucks between major destainations.I watch the Discovery channel so i know any of these things can be done. I think one of the problems is that Cal Trans is so big and powerful and it needs to protect its power base and that means continueing the presant coarse of throwing money at the freeways instead of looking beyond for answers.
JMPRO