New!
High Speed Rail Authority eliminates options requested by
Peninsula Cities
The California High Speed Rail Authority dropped plans to study the putting the train in a tunnel or a covered trench along the mid-Peninsula. The elimination of these alternatives is disturbing and shows that high speed rail will be built as cheaply as possible through our communities. An aerial structure or open trench is planned for Burlingame. However, the California High Speed Rail Authority applied for Federal Funding as follows:
On Page 4 of 19 in the document entitled:
Redefined Design-Build Section ARRA Track 2 Scope
New Infrastructure providing 4 tracks between Brisbane and Redwood Junction is proposed based on the more economical Aerial Structure cross-section as opposed to the Trench solution in some areas such as Burlingame, San Mateo, which would be more expensive.*1(see figure 2)
Click here for complete ARRA application documents: Federal Stimulus Application August 2010
Get Involved
click here for a letter template to send to State and Federal legislators. (MS Word document)
Legislative Contacts:
Hon. Jerry Hill
19th Assembly District
1528 S. El Camino Real, #302
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650) 349-1900
(650) 341-4676 fax
To contact Assembly member Hill by email:
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Hon. Leland Yee
8th Senatorial District
400 South El Camino Real, #630,
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650) 340-8840
(650) 340-1661 fax
To contact Senator Yee by email:
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Hon. Joe Simitian
11th Senate District
160 Town and Country Village
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 688-688-6384
(650) 688-6370 fax
To contact Senator Simitian by email:
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Hon. Jackie Speier
District Office
400 S. El Camino Real. Suite 410
San Mateo, CA 94402
(650) 342-0300
To contact Congresswoman Speier by email:
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This is what HSR could look like:
Gary Patton, Burlingame Public Library
CC-HSR makes Eminent Domain Presentation to Standing-Room-Only
crowd in Burlingame
If you have interest in future workshops on a variety of High Speed Rail topics, please visit www.cc-hsr.org
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the California HSR Project
This great documentary aired on Radio KALW and is a must-hear! For the Audio and Transcript:
The Planning Problem: A documentary on high-speed rail : KALW
Will High Speed Rail impact your vote for Governor?
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Monday, July 12
Los Angeles Business Journal
Governor candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown are taking opposite sides in the debate on plans for a high-speed rail link between Northern and Southern California.
Republican candidate and former eBay Inc. CEO Whitman told the Contra Costa Times that she "believes the state cannot afford the costs associated with high-speed rail due to our current fiscal crisis."
Whitman's home community of Atherton in one of the Peninsula cities that is actively opposing plans to run the rail across their borders.
Democrat candidate and Attorney Gen. Brown backed high-speed rail in 1982 as governor and through a spokesman called the current plan a "bold" one "we should find a way to make work."
The proposed $43 billion high-speed rail would connect the San Francisco area and Los Angeles and is due to begin construction in 2012.
Community Coalition on High Speed Rail Unites Peninsula
Community Groups
The Community Coalition on High Speed Rail (CC-HSR) is a grassroots, nonprofit corporation, managed by business and neighborhood leaders. CC-HSR represents businesses and residents in the communities located along the Caltrain alignment (Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Belmont, and Burlingame).
Visit their website at: www.cc-hsr.org
Mission Statement
We are a group of concerned citizens dedicated to helping educate the community about potential impacts of the California High Speed Rail Project. We oppose any above-ground High Speed Rail through the middle of our communities because of the detriment this will pose to the connectivity of our neighborhoods.
