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Mountain View provides an example of how planning projects near the HSR tracks can be done effectively: The City Council on Tuesday approved a three-story, 50,000-square-foot office building to be built next to the downtown train station. The building, slated for 150 W. Evelyn Ave. alongside the tracks just west of the station, is intended [...]

Mar 11th, 2010 | Filed under Uncategorized

At least not at this time, according to this report of last night’s council meeting: At a study session, council members discussed outreach efforts for high-speed rail and whether it should join the Peninsula Cities Consortium. The consortium currently includes Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Burlingame and Belmont — cities that have been largely critical [...]

Jun 10th, 2009 | Filed under Uncategorized

While some cities on the Peninsula waste taxpayer money on lawsuits, others are adopting a more constructive approach to dealing with the impact of high speed rail on their cities. One such city is Mountain View: To allow the high speed trains to safely flash through the Caltrain corridor means numerous design challenges, some of [...]

Aug 24th, 2008 | Filed under Uncategorized