Transportation Committee, Loma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club

Transportation Committee

Mission

To promote a well-designed transportation system that is health-based, well-connected, and accessible.

Such a transportation system, promotes livable communities that enable people to get to their destinations with the least amount of pollution and at the same time encouraging a sense of community.

Healthy and accessible transportation alternatives include bicycling and walking combined with well-designed mass transit. Such alternatives must be encouraged and have additional resources devoted to them.

Date:
Thursday, 20 September 2007 at 6:00PM
Location:
In Mountain View: There are three northbound and three southbound trains in this time slot.

The meeting is at:
Ristorante Don Giovanni
235 Castro St Mountain View, CA 94041
(650) 961-9749
/www.dongiovannis.com

Chair:
Gladwyn d'Souza
Phone: 650-804-8225
E-mail: godsouza*mac.com
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Web-page: http://www.examiner.com/blogs/Recycle_Revisit_Rely
Alternate Media Contact:
Melissa Hippard, Chapter Director
Phone: 650/390-8414
E-mail: melissa.hippard*sierraclub.org
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Other Contact information

California Legislature Website

Bill number	Author(s)	Summary
SB1024	Perata	Large Bond measure with $1bn in HSR funding.

California High Speed Rail

This is a project to connect San Francisco/San Jose with Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego with 220mph trains. This has the potential to reshape the way Californians move about the state in profoundly positive environmental manner. Unfortunately, powerful special interests are trying to force the Authority to not study the Altamont (I-580) corridor as a way to get from the Bay Area to the Central Valley. Instead they are trying to force an expensive route with many miles of difficult and expensive tunneling that goes through sparsely populated areas.

Read the HSR FAQ.
Read how High-Speed Rail can help with airport congestion.
Read the Loma Prieta Chapter's comments on the California High-Speed Rail Authority's Draft Environmental Impact Report.

BART to San Jose

VTA is an agency that is deeply troubled by a Board that is only part-time and is composed of individuals who are not directly elect. This means that often times transportation is not their primary interest. This neglect is not benign. It has real costs. Extending BART to San Jose is another example of a politically-driven decision rather than a responsible transit decision. Read more at VTAWatch

Read the 2004 Santa Clara County Grand Jury report that goes into greater detail about the woes at VTA.

Caltrain Electrification

Electrification of Caltrain would modernize Caltrain and allow for the increased service frequency and acceleration. Electrification would also help advance help make High-Speed Rail possible.

San Francisco Downtown Extension (DTX)

The DTX project extends the Caltrain line underground from its current San Francisco station at 4th and King to a more centrally located station underneath a rebuilt Transbay Terminal.