Guiding Principle: Social Responsibility (DRAFT)

Goal:

Fulfill civil rights regulations

Objectives:
Comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements

Comply with Title VI requirements

Goal:
Minimize Caltrain’s environmental footprint

Objectives:
Implement and expand environmentally sustainable business practices (e.g. sustainable procurement, construction policies, and facility operations)

Consider environmental impacts in the development of Caltrain policies

Improve regional air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by electrifying and modernizing the railroad

Goal:
Provide an inclusive and equitable system

Objectives:
Pursue markets that are socially, geographically and economically representative of all peninsula corridor communities

Strive for an equitable distribution of system benefits and project impacts throughout the corridor

Evaluate geographic, social and economic equity in service planning and policy decisions