u/Only-Truth-9898

San Jose has done amazing this world cup, the whole downtown has been one party scene during all the games. Every time I see there's some positive post about San Jose, there's the usual "but San Jose is always boring", or "car centric hellscape" or etc etc

Like, we can't change the city without first having some civic pride and enthusiasm about our city and South Bay region. There's a lot going for the city:

- world class geography with the beaches nearby, great mountain trails, etc

- Japan town, Mexico cultural district, Little Saigon

- Cool museums

- 3 major sports teams in our backyard, with a year-round schedule of games

- and so much more

Like, if San Jose, the San Jose region, and Santa Clara valley was moved to the midwest, it'd be lauded as having so much to do, a unique tech culture and vibe, etc. And yet when it's celebrated in the Bay Area, we have all the regular self beat-downs

I hope this changes post world-cup

Bay Area’s rail transit lines have continued to accelerate their ridership growth into the second quarter of 2026 after an already gangbusters first quarter.

Most agencies saw an acceleration in ridership growth rather than purely a continuation of the previous positive trend. Caltrain is the only agency whose growth seems to be tapering down from their crazy 40-60% growth toward the regional average of 15-20%. VTA light rail is seeing a massive jump after its service shutdown last year.

BART +15%

Muni Metro +17%

Caltrain +19%

Capitol Corridor +23%

SMART +25%

VTA light rail +42%