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SamTrans is planning to build a bus-only lane from University Avenue in East Palo Alto to El Camino Real in Redwood City. The Menlo Park Streets Commission reviewed SamTrans’s plans to create a bus-only lane, a walking trail, and bicycle connections along the Dumbarton Rail Corridor on Wednesday. The
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The estimated cost for the project was $3 billion at the time. Meta was interested in funding a portion of the bus-only lane, Planning Director Millie project, as the rail spur runs next to Tolleson said. its headquarters in Menlo Park, but In 2017, SamTrans unveiled a pro- backed out in 2020. posal to revamp the partially burnedNo estimate for the bus lane project down rail bridge that runs adjacent to was provided on Wednesday. the Dumbarton Bridge, which would “We are just really laser-focused on bring a commuter rail line to East Palo something that we can do in the next Alto and North Fair Oaks. [See BUS, page 26]
SamTrans eyes Dumbarton spur Dumbarton Rail Corridor is a 5-mile rail spur that has been inactive for over 30 years. SamTrans has considered various ideas to revive the abandoned rail line, which originally spanned from Fremont to Redwood City, over the years, and now they are confident proposing a
Project rankles commission BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Managing Editor
CORRECTION: Two seats for Los Altos City Council will be up for election in November.
ICE OUT OF MINN: The Trump administration says it is ending its massive immigration crackdown in Minnesota after weeks of angry mass protests, thousands of arrests and two fatal shootings. Border czar Tom Homan said yesterday that the operation has been a success and made the state safer. GUTHRIE SEARCH: Investigators in Arizona want residents near Nancy Guthrie’s home to share surveillance camera footage of suspicious cars or people in the month before the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother. SACHS’ ATTORNEY OUT: Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler is resigning after emails revealed she had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. She described Epstein as “another older brother” and downplayed his sex crimes. AFGHAN ADOPTION: The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a U.S. [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
SOME NEIGHBORS want to see apartments along El Camino Real in Palo Alto, they’re nervous parking exits along routes to school will endanger children. Rendering from project plans.
Homeland Security shutdown likely A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appeared certain yesterday as lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break and negotiations with the White House over Democrats’ demands for new restrictions had stalled.
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A divided Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission voted to reject a piece of a proposal that would result in a seven-story building with 321 apartments in the Barron Park neighborhood. Commissioners Bryna Chang, Cari Templeton and Kevin Ji voted to reject a recommendation that council combine seven properties along El Camino Real, Kendall Avenue and Matadero Avenue to enable the project at 3606 El Camino Real. Those three members, along with Forest Peterson, who abstained from Wednesday’s vote, expressed worry about the possibility of traffic coming in and out of the devel[See RANKLES, page 26]
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