From: Friends of Caltrain <friends@friendsofcaltrain.com>
Date: February 21, 2011 10:37:51 PM PST
To: <xxxxxxxx@hotmail.com>
Subject: Next action - tell your City Council/Supervisor to help stop Caltrain cuts!
Reply-To: <friends@friendsofcaltrain.com>
Nearly 1900 people have sent letters to decision makers asking them to take action to save Caltrain, including you!
But the Caltrain schedule is still on the chopping block. Decision-makers are working now on short-term solutions, but we need to keep the pressure on.
* Do you ever need to leave work after 6:30?
* Do you ever need to take the train mid-day?
* Do you take Caltrain nights, weekends, or Giants games?
* Do you depend on any of these stops? Bayshore, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Burlingame, Hayward Park, Belmont, San Antonio, Lawrence, Santa Clara, Tamien, Capitol, Blossom Hill, Morgan Hill, San Martin, Gilroy
* Does your business depend on shoppers or employees who take the train?
If so, your service is at risk. But these drastic cuts can be prevented. The next 4 weeks are crucial, and things are moving fast.
Here are the top actions you can take now to save Caltrain.
1) Contact your city council person or supervisor. Tell them to talk to people they know on your local transit boards and the MTC and demand urgent action on short-term solutions to prevent cuts.
2) If you haven't done this already, click here to sign a petition to MTC asking them to act urgently on some proposed short-term solutions that they specifically have control over. Groups like the MTC don't typically get lots of citizen feedback. Your input is noticeable and really helps!
3) Go to a decision-maker meeting - the updated schedule is here. Attend the next Caltrain board meeting on March 3 at 10am at 1250 San Carlos Street, or a critical MTC meeting on March 23 at 101 Eighth Street, Oakland at 9:30 am. Urge them to find solutions and prevent drastic cuts. Click here for tips if you plan to go to one of these meetings.
4) Keep printing and handing out flyers during your daily commute, and at work, and community meetings, to alert other riders and supporters. We need all 40,000 daily Caltrain riders to join the movement to save Caltrain.
5) Forward this message to a friend so they can take action too!
Thanks again for taking action! We'll keep you posted on a regular basis about the next steps you can take. Working together we can save Caltrain.
Best,
Adina Levin and the Friends of Caltrain team
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