Intercity Hi-Speed Rail Can Solve California's Traffic Woes

Why Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa should join San Francisco Mayor Newsom to push for high-speed rail connecting California's major cities.

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July 7, 2006, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Antonio Villaraigosa wants to relieve traffic congestion and reduce transportation energy use, he should join his Bay Area counterpart in pushing for high-speed rail in California...The two mayors have the vision and the mandates to not only significantly improve public transportation networks in their cities but to reshape the state's crowded north-south air and ground transportation corridor...Californians spend increasingly longer times stuck in traffic â€" in cities and between cities. The state needs high-speed rail, and it needs strong support from its political leaders to achieve it."

Read the full story: L.A.-S.F. train is a quick traffic fix

Friday, July 7, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times

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