tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post3889682268628569140..comments2023-10-30T09:03:07.163-07:00Comments on California High Speed Rail Blog: CHSRA Initiates Statewide Land Use Planning EffortRobert Cruickshankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06906581839066570472noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-84982679602357696762009-11-12T07:14:55.985-08:002009-11-12T07:14:55.985-08:00SO its YOU that thinks it not needed!! OK stop the...SO its YOU that thinks it not needed!! OK stop the train!! classic stupid self-centerd thinking NIMBY!! Now that train is going thru on that 140 year old railroad you moved near and it wont be much different than now GESS!! and you work for an airline??NONIMBYSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-45231169627202083762009-11-12T01:01:24.345-08:002009-11-12T01:01:24.345-08:00gawd people are freakin weird.gawd people are freakin weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-8619025514377182922009-11-12T00:39:26.768-08:002009-11-12T00:39:26.768-08:00its not going to rip through your community its ...its not going to rip through your community its going thru jsut like the train curretnly goes throught and why would is stop you from taking the train to work and walking to shops? Its not a human eating alien sea monster, its just another train.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-34539000903420994302009-11-11T14:22:53.344-08:002009-11-11T14:22:53.344-08:00I'm trying to not be insulted by your NIMBY co...I'm trying to not be insulted by your NIMBY comments, however, I moved to Burlingame and bought small home with a steep cost so that I could walk to shops, take the train to work; and use SFO for my frequent work related travel. <br /><br />I'm upset that this will rip through my community and cause me to be unable to walk to shops, schools, etc. Not to mention the noise. The people who live in this community will not benefit as I see it. <br /><br />Personally I see this as a waste of money at a time when the money could be put to better use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-91261249835426765772009-11-11T01:28:14.230-08:002009-11-11T01:28:14.230-08:00A lincoln or a cadillac would be nice. Lots of com...A lincoln or a cadillac would be nice. Lots of comfy roomy luxury.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-37902458233014871982009-11-10T12:09:51.705-08:002009-11-10T12:09:51.705-08:00The Cadillac is a GM-made car. I sincerely hope CA...The Cadillac is a GM-made car. I sincerely hope CAHSR won't look like it. Just get a Renault system, or a Honda system.Alon Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12195377309045184452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-2503129295721115662009-11-10T02:32:56.657-08:002009-11-10T02:32:56.657-08:00Transit Oriented Development is essentially a prox...Transit Oriented Development is essentially a proxy issue here. It has very little to do with HSR itself, and instead is a more general enlightened anti-postwar suburban vision.<br /><br />Nobody has justified HSR from a TOD perspective based on ROI. (The ridership model is based on air travel, for one.) And the arguments that attempt to do so sound a whole lot like the old Underwear Gnomes thing.<br /><br />On the other hand, if you're from the construction lobby... <br /><br />Well, a lot of people here haven't reconciled their desire for a Cadillac system at Chevrolet prices.flowmotionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-62432577403907305342009-11-09T22:26:35.670-08:002009-11-09T22:26:35.670-08:00Watch out for those "flying squads of emergen...Watch out for those "flying squads of emergency response"!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-8740306890844401552009-11-09T22:19:21.251-08:002009-11-09T22:19:21.251-08:00Morris Brown said:
View Diridon's Rotten App...Morris Brown said: <br /><br /><i>View Diridon's Rotten Apples comment directed at us (deniers) on the peninsula.</i><br /><br />Again, Morris? We've already discussed this. Diridon didn't call you out by name, nor did he say that <b>all</b> of the opposition is spreading misinformation. <br /><br />I can attest that misinformation is indeed being spread here on the Peninsula. And it's entirely appropriate that CHSRA would want the record corrected when incorrect information is reported as fact. And a PR firm is precisely who you employ to make sure that the public gets the correct information. Why would you expect anything different?Biancahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660718116529125977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-48492483102311042962009-11-09T21:52:20.557-08:002009-11-09T21:52:20.557-08:00View Diridon's Rotten Apples comment directed ...View Diridon's Rotten Apples comment directed at us (deniers) on the peninsula. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRecXlwFXWA" rel="nofollow">Rotten Apples</a><br /><br />(from the Nov 5th board meeting)<br /><br /><b><br />Not a single other board member of the High Speed Rail Authority, objected to his dictates.<br /></b><br /><br />===============<br /><br />The full text is:<br /><br />========<br />(Diridon dictating to Ogilvy PR firm (hired for $9 million / $1.5 / year) what he wants done and done now)<br /><br />Second is, and I’ll use as an example again one area, but I have an idea that its occurring in other areas too, miss-information is causing serious media relations problems in the mid-peninsula – Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto area especially. That miss information coming sometimes from in-advertently our own staff, but then again its being presented by opponents, blatantly providing false information to the media and then having no correction. No information being provided that would counter that miss-information and I think you related to that earlier.<br /> <br />So would you relate to those two examples, not those two specific cases but those examples as kind of in the weeds detail, that you really need to be on immediately, so that it doesn’t , the kind of thing are like a sore that festers, or the rotten apple in the barrel , if you would like to use another example. And you got to get that apple out of the barrel immediately and please figure out a way and let us know at some time in the future and call us individually or give us a report on how you would be creating kind of flying squads of emergency response to nip those problems in the bud. You want to avoid them if you can but if you can’t avoid them you need to have a way of countering them immediately so that , miss-information isn’t allow to float around, its corrected . So please consider that as early tasks.Morris Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-25370694771052186812009-11-09T20:04:36.494-08:002009-11-09T20:04:36.494-08:00Wouldn't Palo Alto be getting a tunnel if the ...Wouldn't Palo Alto be getting a tunnel if the idea was to feed "the beast" (Bechtel)?Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326948451529910432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-57772975381991769272009-11-09T19:59:56.345-08:002009-11-09T19:59:56.345-08:00Would you get over Tehachapi already? Seriously, ...Would you get over Tehachapi already? Seriously, if you took off your foil hat for a minute you'd realize that most of the decisions made thus far have been competent an technically-driven.Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16406340564037825796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-11274349712691649152009-11-09T19:40:31.779-08:002009-11-09T19:40:31.779-08:00The hsr is Bechtel's baby. The Palmdale scam ...The hsr is Bechtel's baby. The Palmdale scam and the Palo Alto berm are the mark of the beast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-18600717543995989782009-11-09T18:57:22.135-08:002009-11-09T18:57:22.135-08:00You Nimby's are mad that your home values are ...You Nimby's are mad that your home values are being transfered away from you and to the hands of Central Valley homeowners. For that, maybe you had it coming to you, fools.davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-39666262116034815162009-11-09T16:20:23.973-08:002009-11-09T16:20:23.973-08:00has there ever been anything but negative comments...has there ever been anything but negative comments on any sfgate article?lyqwydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246339570684365095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-20286064339863549802009-11-09T15:50:59.254-08:002009-11-09T15:50:59.254-08:00interesting to read the overwhelmingly negative co...interesting to read the overwhelmingly negative comments on SFgate with regard to the original John King article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-55663795543198652342009-11-09T15:07:09.824-08:002009-11-09T15:07:09.824-08:00Wow, there's so much vitriol today. Can't ...Wow, there's so much vitriol today. Can't keep track of all the anonymouses.Caelestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13679020456289856342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-28524504288374396952009-11-09T14:07:27.906-08:002009-11-09T14:07:27.906-08:00@ Joey
I think the term you're looking for is...@ Joey<br /><br />I think the term you're looking for is synergism.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326948451529910432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-43041815206890108392009-11-09T14:03:17.879-08:002009-11-09T14:03:17.879-08:00@ anon @ 1:19pm -
your comment was deleted becaus...@ anon @ 1:19pm -<br /><br />your comment was deleted because it contained an f-bomb. Please keep the conversation civil.Rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05471957286484454765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-17672054269118968372009-11-09T13:39:30.645-08:002009-11-09T13:39:30.645-08:00The point is, HSR can help to encourage sustainabl...The point is, HSR can help to encourage sustainable growth, but just HSR, in itself, may not be able to do so. The point of the study is to determine how best to use that potential to promote sustainable growth. HSR, when combined with effective land-use policies, may be able to do this in a way that just one or the other would not be able to.Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16406340564037825796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-48918603794818586692009-11-09T13:19:47.475-08:002009-11-09T13:19:47.475-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-69716075535123601402009-11-09T12:16:04.116-08:002009-11-09T12:16:04.116-08:00Also, the big complaint with BART is that it was a...Also, the big complaint with BART is that it was all proprietary technology. The CHSRA wants to use off-the-shelf trains running on standard gauge tracks. Sounds like *some* lessons were learned if the same people behind BART are behind HSR.Spokkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244298044953214810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-22420354757009983442009-11-09T12:13:44.708-08:002009-11-09T12:13:44.708-08:00Will homeowners living near the track embrace 110 ...Will homeowners living near the track embrace 110 MPH European-style operations and upgrades?Spokkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244298044953214810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-35225224753683061862009-11-09T11:43:17.343-08:002009-11-09T11:43:17.343-08:00@ Rafael
Agreed. Ever since Tower Air shut down o...@ Rafael<br /><br />Agreed. Ever since Tower Air shut down operations, no one has shown serious interest in flying even coast-to-coast in 747s or larger.<br /><br />The FAA would like to move away from the hub-and-spoke airline system. Hence the Boeing 787-3 (I think that's the short-range version). Also, hence the NexGen air traffic control system concept.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00326948451529910432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4263762637946594105.post-12940827434191094772009-11-09T11:26:00.532-08:002009-11-09T11:26:00.532-08:00@ Andre Peretti -
Ironically, it's actually h...@ Andre Peretti -<br /><br />Ironically, it's actually high speed trains that can bring sufficient numbers of people to hub airports for the A380 hub-to-hub concept to make sense.<br /><br />Outside of Asia, I don't see anyone contemplating that big bird for routes shorter than thousands of miles.Rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05471957286484454765noreply@blogger.com