In Silicon Valley, Caltrain Upgrade Is Imperiled as Trump Withholds Funds
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Construction was under way last month in Fresno, Calif., on the first leg of the high-speed rail line connecting San Francisco to Los Angeles. The high-speed rail project and Caltrain are administratively separate, but a 2013 agreement to share tracks as a cost-saving measure raised Republican ire. CreditJim Wilson/The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The engineers of Silicon Valley are fine-tuning driverless cars, building robots designed to replicate the human brain and shaving milliseconds off internet response times.
Their trip to work, however, can be a throwback to the predigital age. The region’s commuter rail line is saddled with aging, smoke-spewing, diesel-powered locomotives.
For more than a decade, the managers of the Silicon Valley railway, known as Caltrain, have been planning to upgrade to faster and less polluting electric trains…
In Silicon Valley, Caltrain Upgrade Is Imperiled as Trump Withholds Funds
