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Trains running from one end to the other, we can almost double the number of stops. We can also do a shorter timeframe for those folks that we definitely have people just trying to commute from one side to the other. Casey, just for the folks that are listening, can you define what an emu is . Its an electric multiple unit, right now our system is at diesel system that pulls the train. So its not able to have the same acceleration and deacceleration that we would get with emus in this type of ve...

I understand that the original proposal for caltrain, that you want to mix in the Current Fleet along with 25 and keep the stations the same and provide a set of the steps for when the 25 trains roll in, correct . Yes. Lets say you went with the 50 and you kept some of the diesel trains, but now have steps that go to 50 inches . Correct. Is that possible . Yes. So the challenge, it seems to me from a laymans perspective, because im not an engineer. One second, she is still talking. If we get a 2...

Allies have a disagreement they dont say were not going to help rescue your downed pilots. I think thats not an excuse for turkeys behavior in this instance but just an explanation. The broader point though, on allies and partnerships i think we have to wrestle with is were at a junction because of where we are in our own budget and because the International Order is fraying so bodily where we need our allies our treaty allies in asia and in europe but also our partners who are parts of special ...

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Afternoon hours, but once we start to get into the later afternoon and evening hours, we could have a wintry mix moving through parts of the area. Showers, though, mainly only for the d. C. Metro region. Those of you here in purple the countiness purple including western montgomery western loudon fret drikderick northern carroll counties a Winter Weather advisory there 3 00 to 9 00 p. M. Dealing with sleet, freezing rain snow and rain during this time period. Again, the d. C. Metro, mainly only ...

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Useful in my opinion to passengers travel by wheelchair. There is also always a conflict to providing between a pathway for blind users and wheelchair users that have to divert across this. There is a wider space between the dots and we are also making it all yellow. Right now there is black. So the purpose behind that is to comply with ada federal and state standards, but we will be marking the door ways in other ways. So people will know where to lineup with the sticker. We are still trying th...

State standards, but we will be marking the door ways in other ways. So people will know where to lineup with the sticker. We are still trying that out. We want to present first and foremost a color contrast. Thats the intent, a visual and tactile contrast for safety purposes for people with sight impairment for that strip. Even though black, people like it to know where to lineup, its not for their convenience and we will communicate that in another way. We are also expanding the directional ba...

Purposes for people with sight impairment for that strip. Even though black, people like it to know where to lineup, its not for their convenience and we will communicate that in another way. We are also expanding the directional bars. Right now its 1 foot by four 4foot, we are making it 3foot by 4foot. Because usually people are lined up in front. If you are sweeping with a cane, you may miss that. So its a bigger matt. At the four center door locations. We also have detectable pathways for bli...