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TAMC October Meeting Report
Reported by Chris Flescher, RailPAC, Salinas New developments from Soledad, the Coast Daylight, Castroville, and a Projects update. Presentation from City of Soledad representatives Soledad is planning to buy some land from the UP railroad for a future station. Soledad recently finished creating master plans for several issues, like parks and schools. One plan dealt…
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TAMC May Meeting Report
TAMC Rail Policy Committee meeting May 4, 2009. Reported by Chris Flescher TAMC is trying to find a consultant to write the environmental documents relating to the Monterey Branch Line (MBL) service. TAMC released a request for proposals, but Parsons-Brinkerhoff was the only group that responded. Parsons has already performed some work on both the…
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Monterey County TAMC meeting report
TAMC Rail Policy Committee 2-2-2009 Reported by Chris Flescher RailPAC Associate Director, Salinas For the Monterey Branch Line (MBL) project, the alternatives analysis is happening. All alternatives will connect with the future Caltrain extension in Castroville. Two alternatives appear to be the most viable, and the service could start operation in 2014/2015. The alternatives being…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee meeting of Sep 8, 2008
Report by Chris Flescher The first part of the meeting was news of passenger rail south of here. The local transit agency in San Luis Obispo County offers free transfers from the Pacific Surfliner trains. At this time, in Grover Beach, the passenger train platform is on one side of the tracks, but the stop…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
Transportation Agency for Monterey County Rail Policy Committee August 4, 2008 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, RailPAC Director, Salinas For the Monterey Branch Line service (Castroville to Monterey), there are questions about building the busway or light rail line in two phases. There are two alternatives and each seems to be very competitive for receiving…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee meeting
Transportation Agency for Monterey County Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report for June 2, 2008 By Chris Flescher, RailPAC Associate Director TAMC is still studying alternatives for the Monterey Branch Line There are three being considered. 1. Enhanced bus service. This has a capital cost estimate of $46 million. 2. New combination of bus rapid transit…
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TAMC Rail Policy February Meeting
Reported by Chris Flescher, RailPAC Associate Director, Salinas The TAMC Rail Policy Committee met on 2-25-08 For the Caltrain extension to Salinas, the capital budget is fully funded through phases 1 and 2. There is some funding for some of the needed ROW purchases and funding for some of the needed construction. TAMC is applying…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee meeting
Transportation Agency for Monterey County Rail Policy Committee, September 10, 2007. Salinas Reported for RailPAC by Chris Flescher There is a strong interest in trying to reduce the cost for the Branch Line Project (the light rail and/or bus rapid transit from Castroville to Monterey). Parsons has come up with a list of options to…
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Monterey TAMC October Meeting
Reported by Chris Flescher, RailPAC Associate Director — The detailed study report of the Caltrain extension (alternatives analysis) was printed out and brought to the meeting (although I did not take a copy). It was also posted on the TAMC website a few weeks ago. One of the conclusions is that a Caltrain extension would…
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee
Reported By Chris Flescher, RailPAC Associate Director — The RPC will release a RFP (request for proposals) for legal services related to the easement negotiation. This is about the proposed water pipeline that would go underground, in the Monterey branch line row (around Marina). The water agency is doing an appraisal for the easement value,…