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Train with 12 passengers hits empty vehicle
A train struck an unoccupied vehicle in Redwood City Friday evening, Caltrain officials said. At 7:20 p.m., Caltrain 289 struck a vehicle that was on the tracks at Chestnut Street. […]
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Caltrain contractor cuts 40 jobs as ridership plunges
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In an attempt to balance its books before getting money from the recently approved one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax, Caltrain is furloughing about 40 people. […]
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New Caltrain sales tax approved
Caltrain will get a $108 million annual boost to its budget now that voters have approved Measure RR, a sales tax for the commuter railroad. Promoters spent more than $2 […]
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Opinion: Pro and con on Measure RR, the Caltrain tax
Below is a guest opinion piece in favor of Measure RR, the Caltrain sales tax. Under that is the Post’s editorial against the measure. Pro BY YORIKO KISHIMOTO Measure RR […]
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Google, Adobe, the Giants funding Caltrain tax campaign
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In the past week, the proponents of Measure RR, the one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain, have raised nearly a half-million dollars, getting donations […]
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Electrification will raise Caltrain’s operating costs 33%
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Once Caltrain electrifies its tracks, transit officials estimate it could cost at least $208 million a year to operate the commuter railroad — a […]
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Proponents of new Caltrain tax collect $1.3 million for ad blitz
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The campaign to get voters to approve a one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain has collected $1.27 million in donations from contractors, unions and […]
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Caltrain launches study into bridges at rail crossings
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Just as a Palo Alto community advisory group is finalizing its recommendations on how to separate the street from the Caltrain tracks at three […]
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Deal between three counties clears way for Caltrain tax to reach ballot
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It looks like voters this fall in Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties will decide whether to approve a new 0.125% […]
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San Mateo County official says Caltrain tax is dead, shut down of train predicted
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today (July 28) agreed to put an eighth-of- a-cent sales tax measure on the November ballot, but […]
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Santa Clara County drops COVID-19 tax, new proposal for Caltrain tax
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A sales tax measure proposed by Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez effectively died yesterday (July 21), after two other supervisors said they […]
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Palo Alto Mayor Fine sends letter supporting Caltrain tax, then Vice Mayor DuBois says Fine doesn’t represent council
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer On the eve of a vote by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors which could sink an eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain […]
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Caltrain tax will pass if there’s no organized opposition, pollster says
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An eighth-of-a-cent sales tax that would bring $100 million a year to Caltrain would win on the November ballot if there is no […]
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Man accused of punching transit workers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man is facing criminal charges after he punched two transit workers in Menlo Park and Belmont, a prosecutor said. On Friday around […]
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Man, 82, hit by train but is alive
By the Daily Post staff Firefighters extricated a 70-year-old man who was hit by a Caltrain at Oak Grove Avenue in Menlo Park this afternoon (June 12) and dragged under […]
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Caltrain ridership drops 97%; $20 million budget shortfall
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent After seeing passenger counts plummet by 97% due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders in the Bay Area, Caltrain is forecasting a $20 million budget shortfall […]
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Hillsdale Caltrain station closes until fall
Caltrain’s Hillsdale station in San Mateo closed Saturday, and could remain closed for up to six months to accommodate work on a rail crossing at 25th Avenue. The work will […]
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UPDATE: Man who died on Caltrain tracks is identified
MAY 5, 3 p.m. — The coroner has identified the victim in yesterday’s Caltrain incident as Jack Preston Newton, 75 of Redwood City. MAY 4, 5:30 p.m. — A person […]
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County supervisors to decide on replacing Tasers, putting $100 million Caltrain sales tax to voters
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (May 5) will vote on updating the sheriff’s office Tasers and whether it will […]
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Board gives Caltrain/Samtrans CEO a raise and bonus, but he defers it
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The head of Caltrain and SamTrans, Jim Hartnett, is getting a raise that will boost his annual pay to $552,476 a year, and […]
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Caltrain to test electric trains this month
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer This month Caltrain will begin testing its electric trains at a train manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City. They will be tested on […]
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Caltrain slashes service by more than half
Caltrain announced today (March 26) that it will reduce its weekday train service by more than half starting next week amid sharp ridership losses due to the novel coronavirus. The […]
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3 counties in a tug of war over control of Caltrain
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Caltrain’s Board of Directors is considering the idea of shaking things up at the transit agency, including changing up who picks the CEO, as […]
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Caltrain hits empty vehicle in Palo Alto
A southbound Caltrain hit an unoccupied vehicle at the Charleston Road crossing in Palo Alto at 8:41 p.m. Friday (Aug. 16). The train, No. 190, was carrying 306 passengers when […]
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Caltrain ridership numbers drop
This story was originally printed in the Daily Post on July 8. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Midweek Caltrain ridership has dropped 2.3% this year compared to last year, […]
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Caltrain unveils long-range plan — trains every 15 minutes
By the Daily Post staff Caltrain has unveiled a draft of its long-range plan for improvements that anticipates a three-fold increase in ridership even though ridership has been falling for […]
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SamTrans and Caltrain should improve schedule coordination, grand jury says
By the Daily Post staff SamTrans and Caltrain, whose management is housed in the same building in San Carlos, can do a better job of coordinating schedules to reduce wait […]
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Caltrain reports another monthly decrease in weekday ridership
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrain saw 1.9% fewer weekday commuters in April 2019 than in April 2018, continuing a six-month trend of declining weekday ridership when compared […]
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Caltrain, SamTrans, Transit Authority boss gets $50,000 bonus
This story was originally printed April 16 in the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Jim Hartnett, the head of Caltrain, SamTrans and the San Mateo County […]
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Caltrain engineer hit by rock as train rolls through Redwood City
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man threw a rock at a moving Caltrain in Redwood City yesterday (May 10), hitting the train’s engineer in the head, causing […]
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Caltrain tax falls short in poll
This story was originally printed on April 29 in the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A survey commissioned by Caltrain shows that if the commuter railroad […]
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Caltrain ridership falls in February, March
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Average weekday ridership on Caltrain fell by 3.6% in February and 1.7% in March compared to the same months last year, according to […]
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Musk won’t dig a tunnel in Palo Alto
This was originally printed in the Daily Post on Dec. 23, 2018. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Elon Musk, who once lived in Palo Alto and put his […]
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Measles carrier traveled on Caltrain
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Santa Clara County resident with measles took Caltrain between San Jose and San Francisco four times last week, possibly exposing unvaccinated people […]
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Caltrain to sell naming rights to stations, trains
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The possibility that Caltrain riders could be pulling into the Brand X — or other corporate name — station is a step closer to […]