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."
