{"id":1482,"date":"2019-10-02T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2019-10-02T00:55:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T07:55:20","slug":"the-cross-border-trolley-that-is-unlikely-to-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"The Cross-Border Trolley that is Unlikely to Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Nicholas Vetrisek<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In August, the Secretary of Tourism for Baja California, Oscar Escobedo, created a new proposal seeking to solve congestion at the U.S.-Mexico border. His plan features a cross-border trolley between the United States and Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Escobedo, much of the infrastructure is already built, and the proposal would not only reduce carbon emissions, but it also ease traffic. Not much else is known about the plan since Escobedo refused to give more information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposal sounds terrific, in theory. It would reduce border congestion and potentially save money. The only problem is the fact that it is almost sure to become a bureaucratic mess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With issues like high-speed rail and the rapid transit system, we have enough trouble getting our government to deliver on projects, and it would be difficult to get Mexico\u2014a country with its own government and respective problems\u2014to follow through as well. The level of coordination necessary is something that a government project can\u2019t easily reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is further evidenced by Tijuana\u2019s failed rapid transit system and light rail system which, according to Maya Srikrishnan of the <em>Voice of San Diego<\/em>, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hasn\u2019t gone much further than conceptual stages.\u201d To add to this, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SANDAG has also said that it has no one working on the project and the California Border Patrol has claimed that it has not heard of any discussion on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, this will not work. If this project gets started, it will be another broken promise to San Diegans with a very costly apology note.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Josh Esh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Nicholas Vetrisek In August, the Secretary of Tourism for Baja California, Oscar Escobedo, created a new proposal seeking to solve congestion at the U.S.-Mexico border. His plan features a cross-border trolley between the United States and Mexico. 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