.@USDOT is now illegally tying federal transportation funds to:
Marriage/birth rate
Not taking health measures in a pandemic
Cooperation w/ ICE
“Compliance with other goals & objectives specified by the President” [Read: Must do whatever Trump wants]
Having “user-pay model”
13. Once preferred design, informed by community input, is approved by electeds then environmental review should begin.
We shouldn’t be studying a dozen options at 15% design (very expensive) to hedge bets and bullet proof EIR.
4. Only after securing ROD and funding do they realize: we’ve environmentally cleared a very expensive project that will be difficult to build, a challenge to operate and have lower utility to riders.
Happy to see that VTA is considering re-designing its single bore deep subway to have twin bore and cut & cover sections to have shallower tunnels and stations in order to save time and money.
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Thank you @GavinNewsom for making it faster, cheaper, and easier to build gold standard electric rail in California by signing #AB2503. The bill gets CA on track towards a cleaner transportation system!
Packed @SFBART on a Saturday afternoon, but BART service is on the verge of having to get cut. Speak out to demand more funding for BART and all Bay Area transit agencies actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
8,000 people is more than the typical weekday ridership at LA Union Station, the hub of Southern California's regional rail system. The people crave electric trains!
And that’s a wrap on the weekend celebrations, it was everything and more thanks to all of you!
We had over 8,000 people RSVP for today’s event in @CityofSanMateo, and over 16,000 for the entire weekend!
One for the books! ⚡️
Great time with our friends Friends of @Caltrain in Millbrae today! Great to improve transit service with electrification and that more @SFBART Caltrain trips will be a lot easier. Here's to more connection between the Peninsula and the East Bay!
Big crowds at Sunnyvale and Mountain View for electrification parties. Big party at San Mateo this afternoon. Where are you going with electric @Caltrain every 30 minutes free all weekend #caltrainfun
At Pluckys game cafe in Burlingame which will be hosting a #transitmonth game night next Saturday. More #caltrainfun you can enjoy with more frequent electric service @caltrain (or @sfbart)
Caltrain's all-electric service launched today, heralding 30 minute weekend frequencies and 15 minute rush hour frequencies. Missed the celebration today? Catch one tomorrow in San Mateo! eventbrite.com/e/electric-se…
Today, @Caltrain launched its new electrified schedule - from diesel power to 100% renewable, zero-emission electric - and is offering free fares all weekend and holding celebratory events in every city along the corridor. For more info, visit caltrain.com/launchparty.
Caltrain ED Bouchard celebrates electrification in Palo Alto with board members and execs from Stadler who made the trains and Balfour Beatty who built the project. Where are you celebrating @caltrain electrification this weekend? #caltrainfun#transitmonth