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If the ABAG had power, I would have them replace Caltrain with BaRT to make a it a loop around the SF/SP Bay Area and tear out CalTrain. Caltrain remains because the tracks are used by UP --if it were not UP's right-of-way, BaRT could have that corridor. BaRT could still work if they did cut-and-cover to build a parallel line under the Camino Real. Granted that'd be a lot of money today --they should have bought in back in the 60s. I know, hindsight and all.

The main issue then would be what to do about Gilroy --they can keep Caltrain for that like the ACE does for the East SF Bay.



Having BART more frequent running with more stops running next to Caltrain faster with less stops would be interesting.


Curious why lowercase a




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