![]() ![]() November 2010 - Federal regulators decide that $4.3 billion in Obama administration stimulus funding should be spent on the segment between Bakersfield and Merced, and not on the San Francisco-to-Central Valley leg of the project as the rail authority had hoped. September 2010 - Atherton, Menlo Park and Palo Alto councils all vote to sue the California High-Speed Rail Authority July 2010 - The Peninsula Cities Consortium - formed by Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Belmont and Burlingame to oppose high-speed rail - issue a public statement claiming the rail authority has an “enormous credibility problem” and telling the agency to “build right or not at all.” ![]() May 2009 - Lawyers for the rail authority say that Palo Alto officials knew the bullet trains would run through town as far back as 2007, and said they were fine with it. 9, 2009, story in the Post began, “Dozens of residents who crammed into a Palo Alto house yesterday gasped and shuddered when they heard that trains would blast through their neighborhood once every two minutes - at speeds up to 170 mph - when the state high-speed rail project is completed.” The story says that many in the crowd voted for the high-speed rail measure but didn’t read the details in the voter guide. The vote was 52.6% to 47.4%.įebruary 2009 - Palo Altans discover the consequences of the approval of high-speed rail. November 2008 - California voters approve $9.95 billion in bonds to build an 800-mile high-speed rail system that would connect San Francisco and Los Angeles in two and a half hours. Nobody on council followed up on his point. ![]() Palo Alto resident Herb Borock warned the council that the additional tracks for high-speed rail would probably result in the elimination of homes near the railroad. Council members were enthusiastic about the project. 6, 2008 - Palo Alto City Council unanimously approves a resolution supporting the high-speed rail measure on the November 2008 ballot. Here’s a look at the history of high-speed rail in California and the Peninsula.ġ996 - The state Legislature establishes the California High-Speed Rail Authority to plan for a rail line spanning the state. ![]()
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