Share Space and Smiles on Caltrain - Palo Alto, CA Patch
Move over buddy... A young man squashes another man's attempt at sitting next to him, declaring that the seats are too close for comfort. The second man tries to persuade him to change his mind with...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Palo Alto braces for battle against housing mandates
If one believes regional projections, Palo Alto will have to build 12,500 new homes by 2035 to accommodate job growth and meet California's ambitious green goals. Count the City Council among the...
View ArticleState Auditor: Rail Plan Has Gone from Bad to Worse - Palo Alto, CA Patch
A blistering new audit of the California High Speed Rail Authority released Tuesday has found the project’s business plan to be “increasingly risky” due to skyrocketing costs, shaky ridership...
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Community Coalition on High Speed Rail Update
Dear Friend: February 27, 2012 Bringing It All Back Home We have been hearing a lot about plans for high-speed train development in the Central Valley. This focus on the Central Valley may have...
View ArticleUPDATE: High Speed Rail Hearing in Mountain View Tuesday Night - Palo Alto,...
Updated at 5 p.m. by Claudia Cruz with information about a rally in support of high speed rail to take place in the Civic Center Plaza. Have you been wondering what's the story with high speed rail,...
View ArticleCaltrain Electrification Gets Jolt of Support From Hill - Palo Alto, CA Patch
Palo Alto residents have a big transportation decision to make in the coming months: whether to support the electrification of Caltrain. Joined by Caltrain and San Mateo city officials, Assemblyman...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Officials pledge commitment to 'blended' rail system
A lower price tag, fewer tracks and a fresh commitment to fund rail improvements in north and south California are among the features that the California High-Speed Rail Authority plans to unveil in...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Rail Authority Grilled by Senators and Public - Palo Alto, CA Patch
Four years after California voters passed a bond measure to help fund a high-speed rail system, many now feel let down because of skyrocketing costs— heightened by the state's fiscal crisis—and the...
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Palo Alto Rail Corridor Study - We Want Your Input!
Community Meeting #2 - Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:30-8:30pmLucie Stern Community Center - Community Room, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, 94301 Click here to view the announcement flyer with more...
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Community Coalition on High Speed Rail Update
Dear Friend: Several members of CC-HSR went to listen and speak at the Senate hearing held in Mountain View last week. There was a large crowd, easily over 400 people. The majority spoke against the...
View ArticleCaltrain Gets Financial Green Light for Electrification - Palo Alto, CA Patch
Caltrain is one step closer to receiving the electrification and modernization officials say the system desperately needs. An agreement between the California High-Speed Rail Authority and more than...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Plan to modernize Caltrain sails through regional commission
Caltrain's stalled effort to electrify its tracks flickered to life Wednesday morning when the Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved an agreement with the California High-Speed Rail...
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Fw: Community Update
Dear Friend: Business As Unusual The Brown Administration (acting through the California High-Speed Rail Authority) has just released the latest version of its proposed "Business Plan" for...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : Legislative analyst: 'Deny high-speed rail funding'
California legislators should deny Gov. Jerry Brown's requests for all but minimal funding for the California High-Speed Rail Authority in the current budget process, the Legislative Analyst's Office...
View ArticlePalo Alto Online : New vision for Caltrain corridor in Palo Alto speeds ahead
Safer rail crossings and better east-west corridors throughout Palo Alto should rank among the city's highest transportation priorities, the Planning and Transportation Commission concluded Wednesday...
View ArticlePublic opinion wanes on California bullet train plan, poll shows - Wire...
LOS ANGELES -- California voters are losing faith in a proposed $68-billion bullet train project, saying the state has higher priorities, they would seldom use the service and they would halt public...
View ArticleMercury News editorial: High-speed rail plan is delusional - San Jose Mercury...
There is a fine line between visionary and delusional. California's high-speed rail project whizzed across that line long ago and now is chugging toward the monorail station at Fantasyland. The latest...
View ArticleMayor Issues Strong Demands Ahead of High-Speed Rail Appropriation - Palo...
If California’s much-maligned high-speed rail project moves forward despite opposition from Peninsula cities, it should do so without skirting environmental laws and ignoring the desires of Palo...
View Article'No document exists' on bullet train's speed, lawsuit claims - The Bay Citizen
California’s $68 billion bullet train is supposed to travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than two hours and 40 minutes. That speed – an average of more than 140 mph, including stops – is...
View ArticleVTA Goes Paperless - Palo Alto, CA Patch
On July 1, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is going “paperless,” replacing the old, disposable paper transit passes with the regional so-called Clipper card. All VTA customers will be...
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