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Merge transit agencies, Caltrain summit told
Original post made on Jan 24, 2011
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Posted by psa188
a resident of another community
on Jan 24, 2011 at 10:44 am
a resident of another community
on Jan 24, 2011 at 10:44 am
It's ironic to see the grossly misnamed Silicon Valley "Leadership" Group involved in the effort to save Caltrain. For the past decade or so, this loathsome bunch has been advocating extending BART to San Jose at the expense of just about every other transportation improvement in the south bay. The 2000 Measure A sales tax increase ballot language listed 14 specific projects or project areas which included:
Improving Caltrain by double-tracking to Gilroy and electrifying from Palo Alto to Gilroy.
Increasing the level of Caltrain service.
and connecting Caltrain with the Dumbarton Rail line.
Sadly, these and other promised projects have been sacrificed at the alter of BART, and this group hornswaggled voters into passing yet another BART tax in 2008. (some folks never learn.) Now this group wants YET ANOTHER TAX to bail out Caltrain.
Santa Clara County residents already pay enough in transit tax, most of which goes into one gold-plated, over-designed project that uses the wrong route. The last thing we need in this lousy economy is more taxes.
The suggestion to reduce bureaucracy by combining transit agencies is a good one.
