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Obama asks Congress for $125M for Caltrain electrification

Original post made on Feb 11, 2016

President Barack Obama has asked Congress for $125 million in the fiscal 2017 budget for the electrification of Caltrain, U.S. Department of Transportation officials announced Wednesday.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, February 11, 2016, 10:19 AM

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Posted by MP Resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Feb 11, 2016 at 10:23 am

It's about time - let's move Caltrain out of the dark ages! It's really the spine of commuter transportation on the Peninsula.


Posted by San Bruno, San Carlos, Belmont
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Feb 11, 2016 at 10:49 am

Thanks, Mr President.

Now... raise it!

I spend occasional nights all over the peninsula, and it's amazing how noisy San Mateo, RWC, Menlo Park etc.. are compared to San Bruno, San Carlos, Belmont.

San Bruno, San Carlos, Belmont are immensely quieter. Traffic also flows much better. Those towns Got It.

I come back here and all I here are horns and gate bells.

Tho... the airplanes are louder up north.


Posted by YIMBY
a resident of another community
on Feb 12, 2016 at 1:44 pm

Atherton, if you care even one bit about our communities in the Bay Area, stop sabotaging goals that will help regular people like us from getting to work! Stop exploiting the environmental review process to hinder improvements to the environment!


Posted by OBASM
a resident of Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks
on Feb 12, 2016 at 10:06 pm

Now if Obama will just let Loretta Lynch do her job then that would offset a multitude of sins he has committed over the last 7 years.

We want Hillary to live in public housing again but with more spartan living conditions, preferably the USDB in Kansas.


Posted by Red Peter
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Feb 13, 2016 at 2:27 pm

Thanks obama!

jk to the meme

Really - thanks. Electrification - what a concept.


Posted by Apple
a resident of Atherton: other
on Feb 14, 2016 at 2:55 am

@YIMBY

Even if Atherton steps aside, there are two other advocacy groups that would push ahead with this EIR lawsuit. CEQA dictates that anyone can file a lawsuit and cause these delays.

If you want to stop some people from exploiting the environment review process, you need to push the legislature to change the law to prevent this abuse.


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