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Yesterday Ed Goldman of the Sacramento Business Journal wrote about his meeting with CHSRA Board Chairman Dan Richard – and he includes an interesting hint about the revised Business Plan that Governor Jerry Brown wants to see: I ask him if the new-and-improved business plan that Gov. Jerry Brown wants on his desk any minute [...]
A few months ago the “hybrid” or “blended” plan for mixing high speed rail and Caltrain on the Peninsula generated strong criticism from HSR advocates, including on this blog. However, it’s also clear that support is growing for the plan. The Bay Area Council’s recent endorsement of a hybrid plan and call for the MTC [...]
Last week the Bay Area Council came out with a new plan for Peninsula HSR that would electrify Caltrain, bring HSR to the Transbay Terminal, and have the Metropolitan Transportation Commission oversee the process. This week the plan appears to be gathering momentum: “That’s part of what prompted us to consider getting involved,” said Adrienne [...]
In what is a significant development in the debate over how to build high speed rail on the Peninsula, the Bay Area Council has written to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission calling on the MTC to take the lead in developing a “hybrid” plan to both electrify Caltrain and bring high speed rail to the Transbay [...]
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