I am just so thrilled about this decision. Now I can rest assured (hopefully) that there is an at grade crossing buile at Rengstorff at Central Expressway within the next 5 years. I have hated this intersection for the past 47 years!!!

Thank gosh the inner beltway crowd came to their senses. Lets get this project moving!

+100 on the Rengstorff below grade crossing. That will be a massive improvement. What we have now is the definition of gridlock!

Also looking forward to quieter and cleaner trains, as I'm about 1/2 block from the tracks. The capacity increase is a very big deal as well.

Three cheers for Anna Eshoo and everyone else involved in the lobbying effort.

Want will happen with Castro Street at Central?

This is fantastic news, both because it's a worthwhile project, and because how all of the Trump supporters were gloating about how the new administration was going to withhold funding to hurt California. Gosh, I'm so tired of all this winning.

I hope that the Carolyn Flowers corruption scandal does not fall though the cracks. To recap, after approving funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for Caltrain's “modernization program”, the LA Times published an article revealing that former FTA Administrator Carolyn Flowers, has suddenly been employed by AECOM, a major vendor to Caltrain. AECOM has a financial interest in the “modernization” project, which the grant will fund.

It reeks of corruption when a federal official approves a grant then takes a job with one of the beneficiaries of said grant. At the very least, Flowers should be dismissed and AECOM should be disqualified from working on the project.

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Without greatly expanded station parking, there will be many empty seats on the expanded schedule.

Electrification will bring a lot more trains speeding through MV. Think the noise is bad now? Just wait!

Are the at-grade crossings part of this? I'm just wondering because it's not mentioned explicitly in the article. Well, and I'm also wondering because the Central-Rengstorff crossing is in one corner of our Monta Loma neighborhood.

The Voice deleted someone's comment about how the federal decision to fund takes some of the wind out of local criticism of the current DC administration. There was nothing offensive about it, but I guess the Voice is Deep Blue Democrat, intolerant of any criticism of CA. Let's see how long this comment lasts.

"Without greatly expanded station parking, there will be many empty seats on the expanded schedule."

Lol you've clearly never ridden Caltrain. Every rush hour train is already over capacity. Average is about 130% capacity for the bullet trains. We are lucky to be in MV because we can usually get a seat ahead of the PA riders.

The station is also full of Uber/Lyft drivers picking up and dropping off passengers. Why pay for inconvenient parking?

Sure, we could use more parking, it would serve downtown nicely. But does not need to be our highest priority.

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