BayRail Alliance

Time/date: April 23, 7:00pm

Source:

Assemblymember Jerry Hill is hosting a Town Hall meeting on High Speed Rail that will take place on April 23 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Belmont City Council Chambers, located at One Twin Pines Lane in Belmont. This will be an opportunity to learn how the community can participate in the High Speed Rail process in the coming years. Representatives from the High Speed Rail Authority and Caltrain will be on hand to highlight next steps, answer questions and explain how elected officials, local government and residents can be involved.

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Jerry Hill's District Office at 650-349-1900.

 

Caltrain's Memorandum of Understanding with the California High Speed Rail Authority

Time/date:
Thursday, April 16, 2009
6:45pm - 8:25pm

Last week, the Caltrain Joint Powers Board approved an agreement with the California High Speed Rail Authority on the use of Caltrain's right of way for proposed High Speed Rail project. Come to the BayRail Alliance general meeting next Thursday and discuss the agreement and its implications on Caltrain's future. Representatives from Caltrain will be present.

Location:
Location: Cafe Yulong, back room,  743 W. Dana St.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 6:45PM -8:30 PM


Cafe Yulong is located two 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 $11 charge, your choice of beef, chicken, pork or tofu.
Mountain View

Time/date: 1/27/2009

Source:

BayRail Alliance announcement

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) will be hosting public scoping meetings this week and next week to support the project-level environmental review process for the San Francisco to San Jose segment of the proposed high speed train system.

We enourage you to attend any of the following scoping meetings, which will be held from 3 p.m. to 8 pm:

San Mateo County Meeting
January 22, 2009
SamTrans Auditorium
1250 San Carlos Avenue
San Carlos, CA

San Francisco County Meeting
January 27, 2009
San Francisco State University
835 Market Street, 6th Floor (Rooms 673 & 674)
San Francisco, CA

Santa Clara County
January 29, 2009
Santa Clara County Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway, Great America Meeting Rooms 1 & 2
Santa Clara, CA

This environmental process will conduct detailed analysis of the impacts and mitigation measures.




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BayRail Alliance
www.bayrailalliance.org

August 11, 2008

BayRail Alliance has been a strong supporter for High Speed Rail. Two years ago when the Governor tried to cut funding to the High Speed Rail Authority, we fought hard in Sacramento to preserve funds. Six years ago, we held a forum in San Jose with various transportation, environmental and business leaders to bring awareness of the need for high speed rail and the benefits it will bring. Nine years ago, we successfully advocated for a new rail terminal in downtown San Francisco, which will be a part of the proposed HSR system.

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?”

Time/date: September 18, 2007 4-6 PM

Source: California High-Speed Rail Authority

A public meeting on the Draft Bay Area to Central Valley Environmental Impact Report/Statement

Stockton: Sept 18, 2007 - San Joaquin Council of Governments, Regional
Center Board Room, 555 E. Weber Ave., Stockton, CA from 4-6pm.

Time/date: August 15 - 27, 2007

Source: MTC

Track the Bay Area’s rail future at a public meeting on the Draft Regional Rail Plan

After 18 months of analysis and stakeholder involvement, a draft regional rail plan for expanding the region’s network of rail lines has been completed.

The Draft Regional Rail Plan was made to identify potential rail passenger and rail freight improvements for the near-, intermediate-, and long-term and the economics of different scenarios.

Come to one of a series public meetings (listed below) where you can:

* See and comment on what’s proposed to move people and freight throughout the region in the coming 50 years

* Learn how the regional rail network would be enhanced with proposed California high-speed rail investments (and view alternatives for bringing high-speed rail into the Bay Area)

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 in Oakland
MTC
Joseph P Bort MetroCenter
Lawrence D. Dahms Auditorium
101 Eighth Street, Oakland
Session 1: 3 - 5 PM
Session 2: 6 - 8 PM

each session is identical, just held at different times. The format is an open house the first 1/2 hour followed by presentation/discussion.

Thursday, August 16 in San Jose
Santa Clara County Bldg
Senter Auditorium
Session 1: 3 - 5 PM
Session 2: 6 - 8 PM

Monday, August 20 in Suisun City
Suisun City Hall Council Chambers
701 Civic Center Blvd., Suisun City
Session 1: 3 - 5 PM
Session 2: 6 - 8 PM

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 in Livermore
Livermore Public Library
Community Rooms A &  B
1188 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore
Session 1: 3 - 5 PM
Session 2: 6 - 8 PM

Monday, August 27, 2007 in San Carlos
CCAG offices San Mateo County
1250 San Carlos Ave, 2nd floor Auditorium
San Carlos
3:30 PM - 5 PM  one session only at this location

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Published Monday, February 5, 2007, by Reuters

Vietnam to build high-speed rail

HANOI, Vietnam -- Vietnam will build a high-speed railway with aid
from Japan at an estimated cost of $33 billion, a project that would
cut travel time by two-thirds between Hanoi in the north and southern
Ho Chi Minh City, the government said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung gave approval to state-run Vietnam
Railways to invest in the 1,630-km (1,010 miles) track, a statement on
the government's Web site (http://www.vietnam.gov.vn) late on Monday
said.

Dung has assigned the unlisted railways firm to work with Japanese
experts on a detailed investment plan, the statement said.

Seventy percent of funding will come from the government, mainly in
the form of Japanese official development assistance, and Vietnam
Railways will raise 30 percent of the cost from loans, Nguyen Huu
Bang, director of the state firm said.

The train service monopoly does not release profit figures but its
revenues in 2006 rose 13.2 percent from the previous year to 5.3
trillion dong ($330 million), the Vietnam News reported on Tuesday.

Japan is the single biggest country donor to Vietnam. It has pledged
$890 million in aid for the country this year, or 6.5 percent higher
than the 2006 level of $835.6 million.

International governments and agencies have pledged a record $4.45
billion in aid to communist-run Vietnam for this year as the Southeast
Asian country seeks to improve its under-developed infrastructure.

The track, to be built over a six-year period with a wider gauge of
1,435 mm, will reduce the train journey between the capital Hanoi and
the commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City to less than 10 hours from more
than 30 hours.

It will enable train speeds of 300 km to 350 km (186-217 miles) per
hour, state-run media said.

The country's north-south trains now travel between the two cities on
a single track with the narrow gauge of 1,000 mm over 1,726 km (1,070
miles).


[BATN: See also:

Schwarzenegger orchestrating a slow death for high-speed rail
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33603

Planned Europe-Africa rail link underlines US shortcomings
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33569

Letter: Schwarzenegger wrong to kill high-speed rail
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33548

Schwarzenegger budget would starve high-speed rail to death
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33528

California high-speed rail needs funds to get underway
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33497

Visalia officials seek stop on imperiled high-speed rail line
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33495

Schwarzenegger may kill high-speed rail to widen roads, warm planet
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33437

Comment: Schwarzenegger ignores transit-enviroment link
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33437

Schwarzenegger: high-speed rail not a priority
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33281

Schwarzenegger may postpone high-speed rail indefinitely
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33280

Europeans remain serious about HSR, while US is all talk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33279

US rail infrastructure likened to that of a 3rd-World country
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BATN/message/33053 ]

Time/date: until Oct. 26, 2007, noon

Source: California High-Speed Rail Authority

Draft Bay Area to Central Valley High-Speed Train (HST) Program Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement now available.

The deadline to comment on the document has been extended to noon on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007.

go to CAHSRA website to do one of the following

- View and download the Draft Program EIR/EIS

- Request a CD-ROM of the Draft Program EIR/EIS

- Locate a library in Fremont, Gilroy, Livermore, Merced, Modesto, Mountain View, Oakland, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Stockton, or Tracy that has a hard copy of the Draft Program EIR/EIS

Questions?

- call the California High-Speed Rail Authority at (916) 324-1541

Links

- California Dept. of Fish & Game Sept. 25, 2007 comment letter