So what's new ?

The biggest reason BART didn't come to the Peninsula, was that residents here saw no reason why they should have to pay for the huge infrastructure costs that were involved with San Francisco, across the Bay , Berkeley. If it had ever reached the ballot, it would have failed.

The Bohannon family, then just as now, has only its own selfish interests at heart, and they were certainly a factor.

Old time BART fanatics still keep trying to encircle the Bay. The latest "boondoggle" they are building may well bankrupt the operation by the time it is finished and realized their projections are so far out of line.

You want to completely degrade the quality of life on the Peninsula, just let BART (or HSR) in, and witness the results.

Caltrain works great for our town, at least as long as we have a station.
BART would take a lot longer to get to San Francisco. It doesn't support us at all well to get to and from SFO, now that we have to change trains in addition to both Caltrain and skytrain to do so.

The real question is why are we in southern San Mateo County still paying into the BART fund? How could we move these payments to Caltrain? BART has ignored us consistently over the years. Why support it?

Umm, where is the rest of this article? The headline promises that a "planner has an alternate future for Bay Area rail travel," then the article provides a sketchy and incomplete recap of San Mateo County's rejection of BART. Only the brief offhand comment about stopping HSR in San Jose and building BART around the Bay alludes to a plan for the future. Does Mr. Mahder really have a plan that he and Portola Valley are promoting, or did he just happen to make an offhand comment, about an unresearched notion, while chatting with the reporter about ancient history?