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Dennis Lytton

Recent Posts

It was once possible to run a passenger train directly from Caltrain's mainline to the ferry terminal, as seen in this historic photo. Photo:   sfbayrail.com
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The Crazy Idea of Running Caltrain onto Muni’s Tracks

By Dennis Lytton and Roger Rudick | Jun 13, 2017 | 46 Comments
A little over a week ago, the San Francisco Examiner ran the Op-Ed: “Fast and cheap: Getting Caltrain to Transbay Terminal … this year.” Author Stanford Horn proposed extending Caltrain via Muni’s T/N tracks on King Street and building some more tracks on Howard Street to a platform at the new Transbay Terminal, as a stop-gap […]
A Siemens High-speed train touring behind a conventional diesel in California during a demonstration run in the 90s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Did Some Political Pork Give a Boost to High-Speed Rail?

By Dennis Lytton | Apr 17, 2017 | 60 Comments
It took a bunch of compromises, but Governor Brown passed his $52 billion transportation bill, which included a gas tax increase. To make the political math work, Brown had to get the vote of one Republican. That Republican was Anthony Canella from Ceres, who was promised $500 million in local spending. $400 million of that is […]
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