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Over the weekend Palo Alto hosted an HSR design workshop that included working groups focused on a number of different neighborhoods in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton. I wasn’t able to attend owing to last-minute work commitments. But judging by the reports, it was an extremely productive event where residents came up with their [...]

Oct 5th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

by Rafael The LA Times has published an article on Metrolink’s safety record, charting the 244 grade crossings deaths on its far-flung network over the past 15 years. On average, that works out to more than one a month. Source: LA Times Sep 26 2009 While it is true that Metrolink has suffered safety lapses, [...]

Sep 26th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

Yesterday’s “teach-in” hosted by the Peninsula Cities Consortium in Palo Alto was a rather interesting – and useful – event. I had to leave right after lunch, so my comments are only going to be focused on the two opening speeches and the first panel. I hope and expect folks will offer their own review [...]

Sep 13th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

First off, it was a pleasure to meet so many of you in person last night at the Menlo Park town hall event. For those of you who were there and who I didn’t get to talk to, my apologies, I’m sure we’ll reconnect at the Palo Alto HSR “teach-in” on September 12. I even [...]

Aug 27th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized