Updates from YC

Re:Updates from YC by djakjxnanjak on Friday March 08, 2019 @04:38PM (#19342452)

I think tech employment in downtown San Jose is going to blow up for this reason, once the BART tunnel goes in. Combined access from electrictrified Caltrain/BART/ACE/VTA/Amtrak is going to be killer for bringing in people from all over who don’t like being stuck in traffic. Google sees this coming and is building the new campus there. And that will push up prices for homes near any of those rail systems.

It will also be possible to commute from SJ or Santa Clara to Oakland via BART, which may marginally improve recruiting there.

It would be fantastic if Caltrain or somebody rebuilt the burnt-out rail bridge next to the Dumbarton, but that’s wishful thinking. It would be useful to integrate ACE, Caltrain, and Amtrak.

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Re:Updates from YC by kenneth on Friday March 08, 2019 @06:16PM (#19343191)

I put almost zero faith in Bay Area governments fixing the mess that is Bart/Caltrain/etc.

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Re:Updates from YC by djakjxnanjak on Friday March 08, 2019 @06:26PM (#19343254)

I don’t have any hope for system integration without a major culture shift in the government, but I do think that the expansion projects that are in progress are likely to be completed eventually.

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Re:Updates from YC by wbl on Friday March 08, 2019 @09:28PM (#19344088)

Facebook is going to do that.

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