City of Burlingame Comments...

Mayor’s comments on the Supplemental Alternatives Analysis to the Chief Executive Officer of the California High Speed Rail Authority - August 26, 2010 »here
Letter to FRA from the Mayor - August 17, 2010 »here
HSR Supplemental Altermative Analysis Report - August 5, 2010 »here
City's Comments on HSR Preliminary Alternatives Analysis Reported dated June 25, 2010 »here
Public Workshop Presentation - May 12, 2010 »here
Letter from Mayor regarding comments on the Revised Draft Central Valley to Bay Area High Speed Rail Program EIR/EIS »here
Letter from Mayor regarding preliminary comments on the CSS process, January 2010 »read
Read the city's 11/13/09 comments to the High-Speed Rail Authority »here
Burlingame's Proactive Efforts Regarding High Speed Rail »view
View the High Speed Rail public participation matrix from June 4, 2009 »here
High Speed Rail presentation at the City Council Meeting on May 4, 2009 »more
Read the city's 4/3/09 response to the High-Speed Rail Authority »here

California High Speed Rail Information...

NEW Area to Central Valley High-Speed Train Revised Final Program Environmental Impact Report »here
Summary of the San Francisco to San Jose Preliminary Alternatives Analysis Report »here
High Speed Rail Authority Public Workshop presentation - May 12, 2010 »here
High Speed Rail fact sheet, April 19, 2010 »here
California High Speed Rail Preliminary Alternatives Analysis Presentation - San Francisco to San Jose»here
Context Sensitive Solutions toolkit »here
Preliminary Alternatives Analysis Report »here
Bay Area to Central Valley Final Program EIR/EIS »here comments due on Apr 26, 2010
Release of Technical memos from California High Speed Rail Authority, January 2010 »here
High Speed Rail Business Plan, December 2009 »read [2.5 mb PDF]
Caltrain Peninsula Rail Program Frequently Asked Questions »download flyer
High Speed Train Board posts Draft Scoping Report to website »more
Caltrain board approves agreement with High-Speed Rail Authority »more

High Speed Rail Logo In July 2008, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) selected the Pacheco Pass-San Francisco and San Jose alternative as the preferred corridor and alignment for the future High-Speed Train (HST) service. The selected alignment uses the Caltrain rail right-of-way, between San Francisco and San Jose along the San Francisco Peninsula. Stations are proposed in San Francisco, Millbrae, and San Jose, with another potential station in either Redwood City or Palo Alto. In December 2008, the Authority issued a Notice of Preparation (NOP) and the FRA issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) for a Project EIR/EIS for the San Francisco to San Jose section of the HST system initiating the state environmental review process under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the feceral environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Project EIR/EIS will examine site-specific impacts of the preferred alignment, station locations, and HST operations between San Francisco and San Jose, and will identify specific mitigation measures as necessary. This public scoping effort is intended to collect information on potential impacts, mitigation measures, and project alternatives to help define the scope of evaluation of the project.

Where will the High-Speed Train run?

The Authority is proposing high-speed train service for travel between major metopolitan areas of California. The service would run from the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento in the north through the Central Valley to Los Angeles, orange County and San Diego in the south. This fast, safe and reliable system is forecast to carry between 93 million passengers annually by the year 2030.

Environmental Issues to be Analyzed include: