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Group seeks to derail BART to Warm Springs project

A lawsuit challenging funding for BART’s planned rail extension to the Warm Springs district in Fremont is the latest friction in a long-running dispute about how to expand public transit in the Bay Area.

 On one side, some transit rebels say expanding BART is the wrong way to go, and wrong thing to do with sales taxes and toll money.

“Too many people have drunk the BART Kool-Aid and become enamored with its technology,” said David Schonbrunn, president of the Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund, a non-profit group. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Under: BART, connectivity, high-speed rail, rail, technology, tolls | 1 Comment »

closing the record on high-speed rail

Posted on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Under: Environment, Funding, Transit vs. driving, driving, fuel, global warming, high-speed rail | 13 Comments »

the battle for Proposition 1 begins

Posted on Monday, July 7th, 2008
Under: Environment, Funding, Transit vs. driving, driving, fuel, global warming, high-speed rail, rail | 10 Comments »

high-speed government (this is not about the budget)

Posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Under: Funding, high-speed rail, rail | 17 Comments »

News flash: now it’s an 800-mile bullet train

Posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Under: Altamont Commuter Express, Environment, Funding, global warming, high-speed rail | 13 Comments »

transportation at the crossing gate

Posted on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Under: Altamont Commuter Express, Amtrak, BART, Caltrain, Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Planning, Transit vs. driving, high-speed rail, rail | 8 Comments »

high-speed rail - `separate’ from financial crisis?

Posted on Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Under: Funding, Misc. Transportation, global warming, high-speed rail, rail | 16 Comments »

high-speed rail through a child’s eyes

Posted on Monday, May 12th, 2008
Under: Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Environment, global warming, high-speed rail, rail | 15 Comments »

i’d rather be riding the bullet train

Posted on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Under: Altamont Commuter Express, Amtrak, BART, Bicycling, Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Environment, Funding, Transit vs. driving, connectivity, driving, fuel, global warming, high-speed rail, rail | 11 Comments »

silver bullet for high-speed rail measure?

Posted on Monday, March 24th, 2008
Under: Altamont Commuter Express, Amtrak, Capitol Corridor (Amtrak), Environment, Funding, Transit vs. driving, high-speed rail, rail | 12 Comments »