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Last month the San Mateo County Times reported on a poll showing large majorities of voters in the mid-Peninsula cities, including Menlo Park and Palo Alto, still supported the high speed rail project. That came as no surprise, given the fact that 60% of voters in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties approved Prop 1A [...]

Sep 13th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

In a Sacramento courtroom today, Judge Michael Kenny indicated he intends to deny the request from the town of Atherton to reopen the Atherton v. CHSRA case the city mostly lost last year. According to a release sent out by the California High Speed Rail Authority: In a tentative ruling issued today, Sacramento Superior Court [...]

Aug 19th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

Last month the California High Speed Rail Authority released a poll that showed 76% of Californians still supported the project. Sure, some of them had “concerns” about a project, but as we know, having “concerns” doesn’t mean opposition. Some wondered whether the poll’s findings held evenly across the state – particularly on the Peninsula, where [...]

Aug 15th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

At yesterday’s California High Speed Rail Authority board meeting in San Francisco, staff – led by Peninsula Rail Project head Bob Doty – presented the Supplemental Alternatives Analysis report for the San Francisco to San José segment of the HSR project. Based on community feedback, particularly the desire to build the project within the existing [...]

Aug 6th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized