So there must be something else at work here, a kind of embedded
preference for rail. A look at recent mass transit development
controversies in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area reveals what
LA community organizer Eric Mann calls “transit racism.”
All too often, public policy makers prioritize rail projects (which
largely serve white and affluent communities) over bus routes (which
largely serve poorer communities of color).
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Max serves East County (been to Rockwood lately?), Clackamas (AKA Felony Flats), Interstate Ave (Largely black), and Hillsboro (Largely hispanic). Other than, oh maybe Orenco, where does the "largely white and affluent" population fit into this story?
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