Quote of the Day: I Left My Heart in Merced

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From Stacey Mortensen, executive director of the Altamont commuter rail system in San Jose:

No matter how you look at it, Merced will be the northern point of high-speed rail for quite some time. So we need to get there. We are trying to be part of the solution.

Behold California’s bullet train. A thing of beauty, is it not?