SPUR SJ Forum: Doubling Capacity on Caltrain
From SPUR San Jose:
8:22 PM PDT on April 5, 2015
From SPUR San Jose:
Caltrain ridership has more than doubled over the last decade. With continuing development along the Caltrain corridor and many choosing to drive less, ridership will likely continue to grow. How can Caltrain keep up with capacity needs and how can it connect to BART to create a ring of rail around the bay?
+ Adina Levin / Friends of Caltrain
+ Seamus Murphy / Caltrain
Stan Parkford is a graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Department at SF State University.
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