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San Carlos News
- Transportation and Circulation Commission - Agenda - Nov 20, 2018 7:00 PM
- Residential Design Review Committee - Agenda - Nov 19, 2018 5:30 PM
- Planning Commission - Agenda - Nov 19, 2018 7:00 PM
- City Council - Minutes - Oct 16, 2018 6:00 PM
- City Council - Minutes - Oct 8, 2018 7:00 PM
- City Council - Webcast - Nov 13, 2018 7:00 PM
- Residential Design Review Committee - Minutes - Oct 1, 2018 5:30 PM
- Planning Commission - Minutes - Oct 15, 2018 7:00 PM
- City Council - Agenda - Nov 13, 2018 7:00 PM
- Planning Commission - Webcast - Nov 5, 2018 7:00 PM
HSR Compatibility
- Thinking Big in Redwood CityThe architecture of Amsterdam Bijlmer(photo by tataAnne) could representthe future Redwood City station.In a seamless transportation network that runs on a regular clockface schedule with timed, well-coordinated transfers, connecting nodes play a key role. Redwood City has natural potential as a connecting node, being located approximately at the midpoint of the peninsula rail corridor, serving […]
- Growing Caltrain into an 8-Lane FreewayCaltrain can and should become an eight-lane freeway. Not like an ugly concrete scar tearing loudly through the landscape, but in terms of throughput capacity in people per hour. Today, Caltrain already carries the equivalent of nearly 3 freeway lanes, and more than doubling the system's capacity is hardly a moonshot. For perspective, BART's Transbay […]
- Still Dithering on Level BoardingEMU low door configurationRecent documents seeking regulatory relief from certain FRA requirements for Caltrain's new EMU fleet reveal details of the interface between the train and a station platform.The lower doors of the EMUs will feature a deploying step at 15 inches (measured above the top of the rail), halfway between the 8-inch platform and […]
- Over-Promising on ElectrificationNumerous recent Caltrain materials include the following quantitative claims (see slide at right) about the service benefits of the electrification project:A baby bullet train making 5-6 stops will make the SF - SJ trip in 45 minutes, down from 60 minutes today. A train making the SF - SJ trip in 60 minutes will be able […]
- New SF Caltrain Terminus Opens at 0 tphZero trains per hour (tph) is the inaugural Caltrain service level at San Francisco's new Transit Center, which opened to the public today after a decade of construction. The grand opening of the center, with its expansive $400 million basement featuring ghost tracks, ghost platforms and a ghost passenger concourse will no doubt crystallize the […]
Daily Journal News
- First glimpse of Black Mountain plansHow Dragonfly Group’s plan to build 68 three-story townhomes on one of San Carlos’ Black Mountain properties will affect nearby neighborhoods and traffic while coordinated with another proposal to build 60 housing units on an adjacent site were among the…
- Redwood City school closure plan continues to move ahead
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative moves into Redwood CityThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has officially moved into Redwood City, where its 250 employees are now working out of three temporary offices. The philanthropic company’s new headquarters on Broadway are currently under construction and should be open by January 2020.
- Woman found dead on Belmont roadside identifiedThe San Mateo County Coroner’s Office identified the woman who was found down on a street in Belmont Monday morning as Maria Alicia Castro, 61, of Belmont.
- Police seek witnesses in hit-and-run collision