SPUR has done an in-depth study on how to make our transportation system more resilient in the event that segments are disabled in an earthquake. The key is redundancy: "Depending on the circumstances, we may need transit to back up our roads, or roads to back up our transit -- or ferries to back up both. We need buses to back up trains, and trains to back up buses, and carpools to back them both up," Metcalf wrote recently.
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