Despite free public transit, many commuters stuck to their cars today

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

Hot weather has prompted another Spare the Air alert for Thursday, giving Bay Area residents another opportunity to take advantage of free transit rides.

Today was the first such smog alert of the year. Yet the lure of free travel didn't seem to create a huge surge of extra riders on the Bay Area's trains, buses and ferries.

Some agencies are offering the free rides all day, but others - such as BART, Caltrain, the ferries and the Altamont Commuter Express trains - are only offering free morning rides.

The same fare procedures will be in effect Thursday.

Some people don't like having a government worker getting them to work.No word yet from Al Gore on why "progressives" in the San Francisco area will not change.