Repost from SFGate.com [Editor’s note] This SF Chronicle report includes a short video interview with Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson. Unfortunately, the interview is preceded by advertising, and can’t be set to manual play – so I will not embed it here. After reading the text here, click on the link above to see the video … Continue reading SF Chron article about Benicia / Crude by Rail
Repost from YouTube This 1-minute video superimposes a 1-mile blast zone over the tracks in Benicia’s Industrial Park. Of particular interest near the end of the video is the MOVING blast zone, which shows how the proposed 4000-foot 50-car “bomb trains” would roll right past Valero and progress almost to the Benicia Bridge before coming … Continue reading Animation of potential blast zone: crude oil unit train arriving in Benicia, California
Repost from The Peoples’ Vanguard, of Davis, CA Open Letter from Dan Wolk on Crude Oil Transport February 16, 2014 Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted to the Vanguard by Mayor Pro Tem Dan Wolk. He wanted to be clear he was writing the letter as an individual Councilmember, and not speaking on behalf of … Continue reading Open Letter: Davis Mayor Pro Tem Dan Wolk to Benicia Mayor Elizabeth Patterson