TRANSDEF Presents at Annual TRAC Meeting
10/27/12 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail
The 2012 Annual
Conference of the Trainriders Association of
California was held in Berkeley today. TRANSDEF was
invited to co-present the keynote address, along with
the Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design
(CARRD) on the topic of Where is High-Speed Rail
Going in the Near Term? Elizabeth Alexis of CARRD
began with a presentation which laid out the complete
picture of what is funded to proceed in the next
few years. David Schonbrunn of TRANSDEF then
delivered an explanation of why rail advocates are
suing CHSRA, entitled Fighting for What Could
Be.
Directly relevant to the Opposition brief filed in Atherton III, Caltrain’s Marion Lee presented a talk on Caltrain’s plans for the future, which included this slide, proving the central point we will be arguing in court in Sacramento on November 9: Caltrain is no longer willing to consider a four-track buildout of their rail corridor, which requires the CHSRA to redo and recirculate its latest EIR.
Directly relevant to the Opposition brief filed in Atherton III, Caltrain’s Marion Lee presented a talk on Caltrain’s plans for the future, which included this slide, proving the central point we will be arguing in court in Sacramento on November 9: Caltrain is no longer willing to consider a four-track buildout of their rail corridor, which requires the CHSRA to redo and recirculate its latest EIR.