The Opinion Pages

Editorials

Editorial: Bashing the Poor is Back in Style

By Becky O’Malley
Friday September 28, 2007
On Wednesday I had a rare opportunity to sit in a chair at an undisclosed location in the country for a couple of hours. I took along the New Yorker which had just arrived in my mailbox and my reading glasses, as well as some binoculars in case any birds showed up. -more-

Letters

Letters to the Editor

Friday September 28, 2007

Reader Commentaries

Commentary: An Analysis of Bus Rapid Transit

By Wolfgang Homburger
Friday September 28, 2007
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has been argued and debated ever since AC Transit unveiled a proposal for a BRT project between Berkeley, Oakland and San Leandro. The subject has polarized the community into pro-BRT and anti-BRT factions—and, of course, those who have never heard of it. It is therefore timely to provide some guidance on how to analyze this proposal—and others like it. -more-