This morning I was listening to Fifth and Mission, "Can we keep BART from falling over a fiscal cliff?"  What Annie Fryman of SPUR said really resonated.  I've made a request for the transcripts, but this is basically what she said:  We expect public transit to be run like a business…no other public infrastructure has to do that…Libraries get operating funding…Highways don’t operate as a business.  There's a double-standard.  People don’t stop needing public transportation when we’re in a budget deficit…

https://www.sfchronicle.com/podcasts/article/bart-muni-fiscal-cliff-18148852.php