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Reality Check commented on San Mateo County Transportation Authority plans to use surplus to boost investment in new programs
Terrance means well, but he doesn’t sound well informed as to what the TA exists to do: which is to collect, administer, and oversee the allocation & distribution of the various transportation related revenues from existing voter approved sales taxes such as Measures A & W. They e…
Reality Check commented on Paywalls, and being civilized
The very expensive to produce and distribute print version is free, presumably supported by ad revenue. Companies like FB and Google make billions from online ad revenue, so why isn't' or can't the online version also be supported by ad revenue? Each additional viewer of the online versio…
Reality Check commented on Caltrain weighs grade crossing costs
@hikertom, you are forgetting the very high costs of delaying electrification and the concomitant system & service & capacity upgrade to Peninsula residents, their mobility, quality of life and to the Peninsula & Silicon Valley's economic viability and business climate.
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Reality Check commented on The imbalance of jobs/housing
In addition to the $2 billion Caltrain electrification and fleet replacement project now well underway, we've also got a half-billion-plus dollar SMCo. Hwy 101 High-Occupancy Toll (aka "Express") lane project now under construction. With the recent passage of SMCo. 1/2-cent sales t…
Reality Check commented on Port of Redwood City loses private ferry service
@CarolStone: the ferry was not public ... it was chartered service for FB employees.
Reality Check commented on San Mateo officials look at Managed Lanes
@hikertom, as mentioned in the article, auxiliary lanes will be conmected, eastside soundwalls moved and some frontage road lanes (East and West Bayshore) will be narrowed to 10 or 11 feet.
Reality Check commented on New plan for Managed Lanes
Hmmm ... instead of blowing over a half billion dollars just to widen Hwy 101 in SMCo. to accommodate and encourage even more Peninsula VMT paralleling Caltrain, and the resulting congestion and GHG emissions ... how about we add passing tracks in some key areas (as per the Caltrain business…
Reality Check commented on Caltrain cracking down on fare evaders
This is a rerun of an old story from early 2018. So there was no such recent Thursday board meeting! What gives?
Reality Check commented on Scaled-back Essex at San Mateo’s Central Park gets green light
@Vincent, you said there were "lots" of vacancies up and down the Peninsula right now, please cite your vacancy data source(s). Like me, I'm sure many others would be interested to review detailed vacancy rates by location and housing type, age, etc.
Reality Check commented on 101 Managed Lanes Project must be protected
Ever notice how anti-tax, small gov't, conservatives, libertarians and people urging "no" votes on transportation or infrastructure tax or bond measures in favor of "a better plan" never bother to specifically detail what better plans they are alluding to ... let alone ac…