Highlights of an English narrated video program describing Tokyo's rail system.
Time/date:
Thursday, Sept. 21
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM
Mountain View
TOKYO'S COLORFUL TRAINS
BayRail Alliance Board member Ryan Hoover will present highlights of an English narrated video program describing Tokyo's vast network of subway, surface and elevated rail lines. All of Japan dispatches around 26,000 passenger trains daily which carry close to 23 billion people annually. About one third of these are in the greater Tokyo Bay Area which takes in Yokohama, Kawasaki, Saitama and Chiba. The Greater Tokyo region is an area inside a radius of 100 km (60 mi) around Tokyo Central Station, served by over 1,106 km (687 mi) of passenger railways.
Japan is slightly smaller than California but has almost four times the population. The Greater Tokyo megalopolis, alone, has about 35 million people vs. around 34 million for all of California. This program will show how all of the area's urban, suburban and interurban rail systems interconnect to move close to 10 million passengers on a daily basis. One Tokyo station -- Shinjuku -- is the world's busiest: about 750 thousand people pass through there every weekday. A descriptive handout of relevant statistics will be available.
BayRail Alliance general meeting
Thursday, Sept. 21
6:15 PM - 8:10 PM
back room of Cafe Yulong
743 W. Dana St., Mountain View
Cafe Yulong is located a few blocks from the Mountain View Caltrain station (between Castro and Hope Streets). We meet in the back room of the restaurant.
Dinner will be available for a $10 charge, your choice of beef, chicken, pork or tofu.
Link to a map of the area
http://www.mountainviewca.net/restaurants/cafeyulong.html
We've attempted to schedule our meetings to coordinate with north and southbound trains, and we encourage you to ride transit to our meeting. Finding a parking space in downtown Mountain View can be difficult. However, there's generally room in the multi-story parking garage located on Bryant Street between Evelyn and Villa Street. Several surface parking lots line Bryant Street and Hope Street (the streets that parallel Castro).
Next month: Our October 19, 2006 meeting features Maria Ayerdi, the executive director of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority. She will give us an update on the Transbay Terminal/Caltrain Downtown Extension Project. Please mark your calendars now!
Location:
back room of Cafe Yulong, 743 W. Dana St.
Mountain View