From: adrian@ntmtv.UUCP (Adrian Brandt)
Subject: California Proposition 156
Organization: Northern Telecom Inc, Mountain View, CA
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:00:41 GMT

In article <15776@umd5.umd.edu>, gurd@next04wor.wam.umd.edu (Daffy Duck) writes:
|> I just read in one of the industry magazines that another $1 billion rail  
|> bond referendum will be on the November ballot in California.  Who is  
|> lobbying for it, and which groups (if any) oppose it.  If it is approved  
|> what specific projects will it be used to finance (other than exercising  
|> the States option with Morrison Knudsen for more California cars).

You are referring to California Proposition 156.  It is a $1 billion
bond measure for rail improvements statewide.  Proposition 156, other-
wise known as the Passenger Rail and Clean Air Bond Act got on the
ballot via a provision in California Assembly Member Jim Costa's
Proposition 108, passed in June, 1990.

Projects that *depend* on passage of 156 are:

Statewide:
	Acquire intercity and commuter cars and locomotives: $118M
	Los Angeles area rolling stock maintenance base: $12M

San Francisco-Eureka
	Implement corridor study improvements: $6.3M

Capitol Route (San Jose - Sacramento)
	Continuous welded rail Benica to West Sacramento: $15.8M

San Joaquin Route (Oakland - Bakersfield)
	Speed, saftey, and comfort improvements; platforms, grade
	separations, track realignment, fencing, cab signals, auto-
	matic train control: $92.2M

Santa Barbara-Los Angeles
	Capacity improvements, upgrade sidings, central traffic
	control, station improvements, continuous welded rail: $20.1M
	Double track, time savings improvements, circuitry: $13.1M

Los Angeles-San Diego
	Capacity and time saving improvements, double track, realign
	track, construct new bridge at San Juan Capistrano: $28M


There are a bunch of other projects that fall under urban and commuter
rail, and some of these MAY survive even if 156 fails:

Sacramento Regional Transit
	Light rail extension to Hazel Ave (East Line): $68M
	Light rail extension towards Roseville (North Line): $41M
	Light rail extension towards Meadowview (South Line): $40M

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
	San Leandro-Dublin extension: $29M
	Fremont-Warm Springs extension: $14M
	Vehicle rehabilitation: $15M

Santa Clara County Transit
	Tasman extension Milpitas-Sunnyvale: $60M

San Francisco Municipal Railway
	Mission Bay Muni Metro extension: $12M
	Embarcadero Muni Metro extension: $10.5M
	Portrero Hill Muni Metro extension: $6M
	LRV purchase: $50M
	Maintenance shop rehab: $11.7M
	Trolly coach purchase: $2M
	Renovate historic PCC cars, track & switch replacement,
	rehab escalators and elevators: $1.2M

Peninsula Commute Service (CalTrain)
	5 grade separations: $35M
	Bridge replacement: $6M
	Connection project to link with BART/Muni: $11M

Los Angeles County Transportation Commission
	Green Line light rail extension El Segundo-Westchester: $77.4M
	Blue Line light rail extension Los Angeles-Pasadena: $316M
	Red Line subway extension Hollywood-North Hollywood: $95M
	San Fernando Valley East-West Line: $496M
	MetroLink commuter rail $29.5M

Placer County Transportation Commission
	Right of way for light rail extension to Roseville: $0.5M
	


To Contact the Campaign for Proposition 156:

The Proposition 156 campaign is being run by Californians for
Transportation Solutions, a project of the Planning and Conservation
League.  If you are interested in working on the campaign, please
contact:

	Renee McComb
	Adminstrative Director
	TRAC (Train Riders Association of California)
	926 J Street, Suite 612
	Sacramento, CA 95814
	(916) 557-1667

	or

	Jim Knox
	Planning and Conservation League
	926 J Street, Suite 612
	Sacramento, CA 95814
	(916) 444-8726


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