San Diego County leaders order flags flown at half-staff in honor of San Jose shooting victims
An employee opened fire Wednesday at a California rail yard, killing nine people before taking his own life as law enforcement rushed in, authorities said.
US Flag half staff Published: 9:51 AM PDT May 27, 2021 Updated: 9:51 AM PDT May 27, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Nathan Fletcher, Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System has ordered flags be flown at half-staff Thursday by both entities in remembrance of the lives lost Wednesday from the mass shooting at a transit agency rail yard in San Jose.
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Two hundred miles of high-speed rail carrying electric trains moving twice as fast as the region’s trolley system. A dozen new stations, including massive hubs near the downtown airport and the Tijuana border.
That’s the backbone of a recently released $160-billion blueprint aimed at making public transit as fast as driving a car which elected officials from across the San Diego region are preparing to discuss Friday.
Experts largely agree the plan’s long-term success would hinge on whether cities can usher in dense urban development around transit stations, at a time when birth rates in San Diego and throughout California are declining as overall population growth has all but come to a halt.
The two hundred miles of high-speed railway rely upon dense urban growth around transit stations to achieve long-term success. But as California and San Diego birth rates and population decline, some worry it’s too costly a risk.
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