High Speed Trains for California needs your support (regardless of where you live). Tired of traffic and automobile pollution? Tired of more and more freeways being our only transportation answer? For once in a long long long time you can vote (and financially support) an environmentally friendly transportation option.
If passed in November California High Speed Trains will:
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Proposition 1A is a $9.95 billion bond measure for an 800-mile High-Speed Train network that will relieve 70 million passenger trips a year that now clog California’s highways and airports – WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. STEVEN B. FALK President & CEO – San Francisco Chamber of Commerce link
California will be the first state in the country to benefit from environmentally preferred High-Speed Trains common today in Europe and Asia. Proposition 1A will bring California:
• Electric-powered High-Speed Trains running up to 220 miles an hour on modern track, safely separated from other traffic generally along existing rail corridors.
• Routes linking downtown stations in SAN DIEGO, LOS ANGELES, FRESNO, SAN JOSE, SAN FRANCISCO and SACRAMENTO, with stops in communities in between.
• High-Speed Train service to major cities in ORANGE COUNTY, the INLAND EMPIRE, the SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY and the SOUTH BAY.
• Nearly a billion dollars to beef up commuter rail systems that connect to High-Speed Trains. GARY TOEBBEN President & CEO – Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce link
Proposition 1A will save time and money. Travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in about 2-1/2 hours for about $50 a person. With gasoline prices today, a driver of a 20-miles-per-gallon car would spend about $87 and six hours on such a trip. FRAN FLOREZ Vice Chair – California High Speed Rail Authority link
Ten years of study and planning have gone into PREPARING FOR construction, financing and operation of a California bullet train network modeled on popular, reliable and successful systems in Europe and Asia. Their record shows that High-Speed Trains deliver, both in service and economy. STEVEN B. FALK President & CEO – San Francisco Chamber of Commerce link
Air travelers spend more time on the ground than in the air today. Proposition 1A will create a new transportation choice that improves conditions at our major airports. There’s no room for more runways. High-Speed Trains can relieve that demand. GARY TOEBBEN
President & CEO – Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce link
Electric-powered High-Speed Trains will remove over 12 billion pounds of CO2 & greenhouse gases, equal to the pollution of nearly 1 million cars. And High-Speed Trains require one-third the energy of air travel and one-fifth the energy of auto travel.FRAN FLOREZ
Vice Chair – California High Speed Rail Authority link
Proposition 1A will protect taxpayer interests.
• Public oversight and detailed independent review of financing plans.
• Matching private and federal funding to be identified BEFORE state bond funds are spent.
• 90% of the bond funds to be spent on system construction, not more studies, plans and engineering activities.
• Bond financing to be available to every part of the state.
• The most cost-efficient construction segments to have the highest priority. STEVEN B. FALK President & CEO – San Francisco Chamber of Commerce link
Vote Yes on Proposition 1A to IMPROVE MOBILITY and inject new vitality into California’s economy by creating nearly 160,000 construction-related jobs and 450,000 permanent jobs in related industries like tourism. These are American jobs that cannot be outsourced. GARY TOEBBEN President & CEO – Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce link
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California’s high-speed rail network requires NO TAX INCREASE and is subject to strict fiscal controls and oversight.
It’s simple and fair – Once completed, THE USERS OF THE SYSTEM PAY FOR THE SYSTEM. That’s why taxpayer watchdog groups support Proposition 1A. JIM EARP Executive Director – California Alliance For Jobs link
Electric High-Speed Trains will give Californians a real alternative to skyrocketing gasoline prices and dependence on foreign oil while reducing greenhouse gases. Building high-speed rail is cheaper than expanding highways and airports to meet California’s population growth.
Gridlock, hassles of flying and long-distance auto travel have become very onerous. Proposition 1A will save time. Travel intercity downtown to downtown throughout California on High-Speed Trains faster than automobile or air – AT A CHEAPER COST! BOB BALGENORTH
President – State Building & Construction Trades Council of California link
California’s transportation system is out-of-date and deteriorating. We need options to poorly maintained roads, jammed runways and congested highways. Californians need what most of the civilized world has – high-speed rail. We’ve fallen so far behind other states and nations that our crumbling infrastructure threatens our economy. LUCY DUNN President – Orange County Business Council link
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Live outside CA? Know This: High Speed trains can spread faster than a wildfire across America if they can get a foothold in CA with the passage of proposition 1A.
yes my heart is really really into seeing this happen. Support, comments etc appreciated! cross posted from dKos