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BayRail Alliance meeting June 18, 2009

June 18, 2009
6:45pm - 8:25pm

At the June BayRail Alliance meeting, we will explore the impacts and discussing strategies to address the funding shortfall.
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BayRail Alliance in the News

May 28, 2009, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/41596: Public: Don't cut weekend Caltrain trips

Caltrain officials got an earful from the public last night as the transit agency took comments on plans to cut its deficit by increasing fares and parking fees and cutting weekend service.
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A five-point plan was introduced to Caltrain last night by the BayRail Alliance. The plan calls for no elimination of weekend service, no bicycle surcharge, establishing airport parking, finding dedicated funding and replacing the Caltrain Joint Powers Board with an elected district.

"We don't want to see Caltrain become commuter only," said Redwood City's Andy Chow of the BayRail Alliance. Chow also said, without dedicated funding, Caltrain will go through the same budget mess for years to come...

May 4, 2009: Published Saturday, May 2, 2009, by the Peninsula Daily

Caltrain in trouble

Caltrain announced Friday it will run out of money by this time next year if it does not declare a fiscal emergency in June -- a move that would allow it to raise fares and possibly run fewer trains or make fewer stops...

...Specific proposals will be unveiled the week before that June 4 meeting and any changes would take effect in October...

Margaret Okuzumi, executive director of Palo Alto-based transit advocacy group BayRail Alliance, called the announcement "devastating. "

"This is exactly what we had feared would happen," Okuzumi said. "This is the beginning of a downward spiral that we really don't want to be embarking on.

"I'm just so fearful that any additional fare hikes or service cuts is going to reduce ridership," Okuzumi said. "And that's a terrible thing for the environment (and) in terms of congestion on our roads."

February 27, 2008, Menlo Park Almanac:

 “On the right track? High-speed trains and grade separations could be headed this way. Are you on board?”

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