High-Speed Rail Called Transit Fix

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from the LA Daily News, via MassTransitMag:



High-Speed Rail Called Transit Fix


By Karen Maeshiro, staff writer, The Daily News of Los Angeles



California is the 12th largest source of greenhouse gas emissions on the planet, and 41 percent of the state's emissions come from the transportation sector.

The state also has three of the five most congested urban areas, and the congestion costs the state $20 billion annually in fuel and lost time.

One solution, according to an official with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, is to build a system that would connect the state's major metropolitan areas and get people out of their cars and onto mass transit.

``The solution is high-speed trains,'' said Carrie Pourvahidi, a deputy director with the authority, who spoke recently at an Antelope Valley Chambers of Commerce luncheon. ......(more)

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