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#caltrain

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Jeremiah

Gotta say, the new Caltrain is pretty great. It really does win out often when thinking about driving somewhere, and considering "or I could take the train". As I understand, running trains every half-hour at a minimum is a low bar by some standards, but it is a game-changer relative to what it was before.

#caltrain#transit
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LilMikeSF

#CalTrain deputy director Joseph Vincent Navarro found #guilty of misappropriation of $40k in public funds for conspiring with contractor during pandemic era and converting #Burlingame train station office into secret personal residential getaway with private gym.

Navarro, who now lives in Pennsylvania and previously told the #MercuryNews that his criminal charge was “overstated” and that he did nothing wrong. His co-conspirator #contractor had built himself similar living quarters inside the #Millbrae Cal #trainstation and plead #guilty, turning States #evidence against Navarro.

Navarro , whose attorneys claimed it was not a #secret , that he had given the key to his secretary, allowed his girlfriend to stay there, and the conversion was done with knowledge of his supervisor, still faces sentencing under judge's discretion which could range from actual #prison time, to more likely #probation.

mercurynews.com/2025/04/30/cal #GiftLink #SharedStory #PaywallLift

Joseph Navarro faced one felony count turning a section of the Burlingame train station into an apartment, complete with a bedroom, a gym and a living room, prosecutors said at the trial. After several days of testimony and closing arguments on Tuesday, the jury began its deliberations Wednesday morning and came to a consensus in the afternoon. The jury also found true that the charges were filed within the proper statute of limitations, which is three years of when the crime is discovered or should have been discovered. Defense lawyers had argued that the initial discovery should have meant the charges were filed too late. “We're very pleased that the jury was able to see through the defense and recognize that he had no authorization ."
NEWS ~ CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY - Caltrain employee guilty of using public funds to build secret apartment 1n train station Joseph Navarro spent $38,000 on renovating the Burlingame station between 2019 and 2021 Picture of Passengers waiting at the Burlingame Train Station in Burlingame, Calif., Friday, March 29, 2024. Joseph Vincent Navarro, 66, formerly a deputy director for Caltrain, is accused of conspiring with contractor Seth Andrew Worden, 61, to illegally remodel office space into a small apartment inside two Peninsula train stations, one being in the historic Burlingame station. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)
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Tilo Schumann

Sehen kann man das auch beim #Caltrain, der von San Francisco nach San Jose durch das Silicon Valley unterwegs ist. Mit dem Lockdown ging es bergab und die ganzen letzten Jahren konnte der Zug nicht mehr an die alten Werte anknüpfen.
Offenbar scheint das Thema Home Office im Silicon Valley eine teifgreifende lang anhaltende Wirkung zu haben. Oder die Leute hatten ihr Auto schon vorher in der Garage stehen und haben sich das Bahnfahren abgewöhnt?

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Elliot

California is making it's budget -- ask your reps to fund transit!
actionnetwork.org/letters/fund

actionnetwork.orgFund Transit, Support Our Communities Cleaner air, less traffic, and healthier communities – when we as California fund transit, we support our communities. We make it so our neighbors and families can easily and affordably get where they want to go when they want to go. Whether Californians are going to work, to the store, to appointments, or just out with friends – they should be able to rely on transit to take them there. But California underfunds transit – especially compared to other states. So people are often left waiting too long for a bus or train; while cars clog our streets and pollute our air. On top of that, our state's biggest transit agencies are on the cusp of having to cut back service as support from the federal government runs out. These cuts will put even more cars on the road, pollution in our lungs, and leave many people without good ways to get where they need to go. But we can fix this. Right now, your elected representatives in Sacramento are drafting their proposals for what they need to fund with the state’s budget of over $300 Billion. Help them get the message loud and clear: “Fund Transit, Support Our Communities.” Send a letter to your representatives in Sacramento using the form here ---->
#SFMuni#SFBART#Caltrain
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Hypx

This comment on theverge.com is very prescient. Caltrain's electrification process is happening at a very critical moment. The problem is that it is hopelessly expensive for what it is. #Caltrain likely cannot justify the cost of it, and may shut down or scale back in the near future.

Which is why #hydrogen trains keep coming up. We need cheap #trains to reach zero emissions, not fantasy electrification narratives.

theverge.com/2024/8/12/2421854

The Verge · Is the US finally getting ‘all aboard’ with electric trains?By Andrew J. Hawkins
#train#fuelcell#fuelcells
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