Caltrain Electrification Program
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2000082093
Lead Agency
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Document Title
Caltrain Electrification Program
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Transportation
Document Description
The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board proposes to convert the Peninsula Commute Service (Caltrain) from diesel-hauled to electric-hauled trains and install some 180 to 200 single-track miles of overhead contact system and approximately 13 traction power stations facilities for the destruction of electrical power to the electric rolling stock consisting of electric locomotives or electric multiple units. The purposes of this project are to improve Caltrain performance, reduce noise, improve regional air quality, and modernize Caltrain. Increase in Caltrain ridership, reductions in automobile congestion on parallel routes, reductions in energy consumption, reductions in train noise, and improvements in regional air quality are expected to result. Impacts include minor loss of land currently in agriculture use, the potential for encountering hazardous wastes, noise impacts of traction power stations, visual changes, and impacts during construction. Proposed mitigation measures include notification and approvals as required by Williamson Act, traction power station enclosures and adjustments to ventilation system, use of on-track construction approach for archeologically sensitive areas, avoidance of habitat areas, coordination with utility providers and advance notice to customers, a Worker Health and Safety Plan and management practices during construction.
Contact Information
Name
Erik Olafsson
Agency Name
Peninsula Commute Joint Powers Board
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara
Total Acres
77 linear mi.
State Highways
82, 92, 85, 17, 87
Railways
UPRR
Airports
San Francisco
Schools
Burlingame HS, Central HS, Bellarmine College Prep HS
Waterways
South Lomita Canal, Easton, Sanchez, Cherry Creeks, Canyon Seal Slough Tributary B
Other Location Info
Nearest City: Caltrain rail corridor connects cities between and including San Francisco and Gilroy
Other Information
Airports: N.Y. Mineta San Jose International, San Carlos Airport, Moffett Federal Airport, SO County Airport
Schools:
Gwinn Elementary School, Palo Alto HS, Belle Aire School, and Redwood Continuation HS are adjacent to the Caltrain corridor. Others are presumed within two miles of corridor
Waterways:
Calabazas Creek, Los Gatos Creek, and others
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), Department of Toxic Substances Control
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), Department of Toxic Substances Control
Development Types
Transportation:Rail (Passenger Rail)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife, Energy, Utilities, EMF/EMI
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