"Every other city with our population has a network of rapid transit. We have three and a quarter lines. I don't count the SRT as a full line. We have no redundancy built into our transit system. If anything fails, it is shuttle bus time."

which is why most reasonable people DON'T support the SSE. it too costly compared to the other options available and takes away funding from much more needed projects (like a relief line that your quote would seem to support).