»In which it is obvious

The Examiner has an article stating the unfortunately obvious: you cannot rely on public transit in the Bay Area. And if I read the phrase "[Critics|Proponents] have called for a $5 million study ..." one more time, I will devote my life to putting the heads of desk jockeys and cheap-suited bureaucrats on pikes outside City Hall.

When will we finally reap the benefits of the TransLink card, which should have completed its trial run five years ago? This card promised seamless fare transfers and interchange amongst transit agencies, which would go a long way towards making transit in the seven-county region less hair-tearing. However, its backers dropped it after San Francisco fell out of the candidacy as a spot for an Olympic Games (one of the criteria for hosting the Olympic Games is providing reasonable public transit amongst all sites).