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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
February 7, 2011 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
January 10, 2011 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
November 1, 2010 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
September 13, 2010 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director According to the California Transportation Commission (CTC), TAMC needs to conduct an independent ridership review and economic analysis, for the Monterey Branch Line (MBL). The study will be very important when TAMC asks for money for engineering. TAMC will ask for $50,000 of Prop 116 funds. If…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
June 7, 2010 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director The commuter rail extension (Gilroy to Salinas) is now in the right of way acquisition phase. The committee has issued a request for proposals in 3 categories: acquisition agent, legal services, and on-call appraisal. For the on-call group, the committee received 8 proposals. They recommend…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
May 3, 2010 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director There was a recommendation to create an Ad Hoc Committee for proposed stations. The group members would visit the sites of the proposed Castroville and Pajaro Stations, plus the existing Salinas train station. The recommendation passed. The RPC has recently met with the operators of the Capitol…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
April 5, 2010 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director Presentation from planners working on the HSR segment San Jose – Merced In 2035, if the fare is at the lower planned level, then the expected ridership is 100 million people per year. The run time from San Francisco to Los Angeles, phase 1, will…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
March 1, 2010 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director Salinas Intermodal Center (ITC) Some significant changes for Salinas. The previous plan was to have all the functions of the Monterey Salinas Transit (MST) transit center moved to the ITC. That would require a lot of space for bus platforms. MST is planning to retain their existing…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
February 1, 2010 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
Reported by Chris Flescher, RailPAC Associate Director, Salinas November 2, 2009 Commuter Rail to Monterey County There are some advantages to serving Salinas with a Capitol Corridor extension instead of the proposed Caltrain extension. The Capitol Corridor trains would serve both the commute market and the long distance travel market. The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers…