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Proponents of new Caltrain tax collect $1.3 million for ad blitz

October 8, 2020 5:32 pm

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

September 25, 2020 9:34 am

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

August 4, 2020 3:55 pm

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

July 28, 2020 9:52 pm

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

July 22, 2020 12:07 am

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

July 20, 2020 9:41 pm

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

June 27, 2020 1:05 pm

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

June 15, 2020 8:16 pm

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

June 12, 2020 2:43 pm

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

June 2, 2020 7:30 am

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

May 18, 2020 6:00 am

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, 2020 3:00 pm

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

May 3, 2020 3:54 pm

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

April 6, 2020 1:17 pm

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

April 1, 2020 6:54 am

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

March 26, 2020 4:56 pm

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

November 29, 2019 7:00 am

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

August 17, 2019 7:30 am

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

July 23, 2019 2:29 pm

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

July 23, 2019 2:27 pm

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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