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SAMR presents Reimagine Dumbarton feasibility study to Atherton committee
Summary
SAMR planning staff described a feasibility study for converting the five‑mile peninsula portion of the Dumbarton rail corridor into a rapid busway with walking and bicycling connections, emphasizing near‑term implementability, equity priorities and ongoing legislative (SB79) concerns.
Millie Tolison, director of planning at SAMR, told the Atherton Transportation, Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Committee that the Reimagine Dumbarton feasibility study focuses on the roughly five‑mile peninsula segment of the Dumbarton rail corridor between University Avenue in East Palo Alto and the Redwood City Transit Center.
"The reimagined Dumbarton project is envisioning converting the rail corridor into a rapid bus line with additional walking and bicycling connections along the corridor and across the corridor," Tolison said, summarizing the study's leading concept while noting it is a feasibility effort to test community interest…
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