Published Thursday, May 18, 2006, by the Redwood City Daily News

Letters to the Editor

Why blame Caltrain?

First of all, my condolences to family members who have lost loved
ones in such a gruesome manner, and I don't want to minimize that.
However, the response seems a bit off. Why are people blaming
Caltrain for deaths occurring on the tracks?

Residents want Caltrain to spend money on signs that people will
ignore and fences that people will jump or cut, then boarding pass
prices go up and people complain that now they're paying for
expenses that they asked for in the first place.

How long have trains been in the Bay Area? It's not like it's
something that popped up out of the blue. I grew up near train
tracks for 20 years, and no one ever got hit. Are there really
people out there who don't know that when you mess with a train,
you're gonna lose?

Johnny Zych
Mountain View