The Phillips 66 oil company wants to transport crude oil from North Dakota or Canada through the Bay Area to a refinery in Santa Maria, but the San Jose city council has already voted unanimously to oppose the plan during a forum held Sunday at City Hall.
A mile-long train would carry nearly 3 milllion gallons of oil everyday.
And people living nearby the proposed tracks are worried about a possible derailment.
"It's a straight mile-wide bomb," one San Jose resident said. "If it went, it woud make San Bruno look like nothing. A handful of people died in San Bruno. There would be thousands of people that would die, including myself."
