Yippee! I get to ride directly over a high-risk gas line twice a day!

[KamaAina]

as do thousands of other commuters on VTA's light rail. :scared:

http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_16119712

As PG&E prepares to release its list of the 100 highest-risk natural gas pipelines as early as today, the utility informed San Jose on Sunday that two of those lines lie in the northern part of the Bay Area's largest city....

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed said Pacific Gas & Electric Co. told his staff that the list includes pipeline near the intersection of Tasman Drive and North First Street another near the city's border with Milpitas.

"We have not been given the precise location," Reed said. He added that PG&E had indicated that the Tasman-First Street section was due to be upgraded in 2012 and that the other was under review by the utility. But based on the terse information the company provided, Reed said it is unclear to what extent the city should be concerned about either location and that his staff is seeking more details from PG&E.

The disclosures about San Jose and Milpitas came amid a chaotic situation Sunday, as the utility said it was seeking to inform cities before providing the list of the pipelines to the California Public Utility Commission, and local officials were left waiting anxiously for a call whose meaning was uncertain. Since the Sept. 9 San Bruno gas line blast that killed four and left three unaccounted for, questions have emerged about which other pipelines may be unsafe, and why PG&E hasn't acknowledged them.

Tasman and North First is where the two branches of the light-rail system merge. Even if the line doesn't explode, digging it up would create havoc for anyone (like me) trying to commute through the area.

[CreekDog]

1. I'm about 600 feet away from Section 132

the high risk segment just north of the explosion that PG&E was supposed to replace but did not.

wonderful. :eyes:

[keepCAblue]

2. Yeah, we live just off First,. Oh, joy. n/t