About PCC

Cities along the Peninsula have joined together to provide input into the process of reviewing and constructing the high speed rail project between San Francisco and San Jose.  Although each city faces unique and specific location challenges, all Peninsula cities share many similar concerns and the strong underlying belief that particular care must be taken to integrate high speed rail into the living fabric of the Peninsula.

Five Cities Call for Common Sense in High Speed Rail Planning

In a statement issued July 6, the five cities – Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Belmont and Burlingame – announce, “High speed rail should be built right or not at all. By ‘right,’ we mean that the rail line should integrate into our communities without harming their current livability. The best design and community values, rather than finances, should determine the alignment.”

Statement of Principles

Cities along the Peninsula are joining together to provide input into the process of reviewing and constructing the high speed rail project between San Francisco and San Jose.  Although each city faces unique and location specific challenges, Peninsula cities share many similar concerns and the strong underlying belief that particular care must be taken to integrate high speed rail into the living fabric of the Peninsula.

Our objective is to have the California High Speed Rail Authority collaborate with the Peninsula Cities Consortium and its member cities in determining the alignment, the range of alternatives and mitigations. We believe that the final design should minimize local impacts, improve the qualify of life in local communities and incorporate the best urban design ideas.

PCC Accomplishments

The Peninsula Cities Consortium (PCC) formed at the beginning of 2009, shortly after voters approved spending $9 billion on a statewide high speed rail system. The five cities involved, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Belmont and Burlingame, signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to work together to make sure that the final design minimizes the impacts upon local communities and incorporates the best urban design ideas from around the world. Learn more about the PCC’s accomplishments.

Upcoming Events

Contact

You can contact the Peninsula Rail group today. Get educated, get connected and get involved!

CSS Tool Kit

The Context Sensitive Solutions Tool Kit is now available. Click here to access it. The tool kit provides technical and project information to stakeholders and offers a wide range of inputs that will be used to further shape the project alternatives.

The 8 Steps of Context Sensitive Solutions

Read more about Context Sensitive Solutions including the eight steps to successful use of this collaborative planning process.

Opinion Pieces & Blogs

This section includes a variety of blogs and opinion pieces that reflect the range of opinions and points of view about High Speed Rail and in particular the impact it might have on the  Peninsula Communities.

New! See Reinhard Clever’s presentation on the Quarter-Mile Rule.

HSR Documents

Read the latest documents related to high speed rail.

City Representatives

Atherton:

Belmont:

Mayor Christine Wozniak (representative), Vice Mayor Coralin Feierbach (alternate)

Burlingame:

Mayor Cathy Baylock (representative), Vice Mayor Terry Nagel (alternate)

Menlo Park:

Mayor Richard Cline (representative), Council Member Kelly Fergusson (alternate)

Palo Alto:

Mayor Pat Burt (representative), Council Member Larry Klein (alternate)