Next car to Bass Point

I just read this fascinating article yesterday about Racism and Transit and how racism shapes it.

https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2020/08/24/transportation-racism-has-s...

Here's why (its in Denver but same principals apply here)

Denver built expensive light rail for low ridership suburban routes while the busiest transit route in the city — where the higher capacity of rail would have the most benefit — is a bus in mixed traffic. The condition of a typical bus local stop in America — often without a bench, a shelter or an ADA boarding pad, even though none of these are expensive compared to what we spend on other transportation projects — shows well that agencies (and cities) don’t really care about “dependent riders.” Suburban park and ride lots, though, always have canopies to shade waiting riders or shelter them from rain.

We can see it in equipment. We can see it in service planning.

Agencies typically plan service so that every commuter rail rider gets a seat, while buses are planned to be standing-room only at rush hour.

While we can brush South Coast Rail as going to communities who need it, particular communities that have a higher non-white population.

In short, you're right. SoCoast is being built for white commuters while the rest of the inner core suffers.