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Hear some trains a-comin'
Public transit will be necessary for CO2 reductions |
Jon Rynn |
12 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| At the end of October, both New Jersey Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg and, believe it or not, Mississippi Republican Senator Trent Lott, passed their cosponsored bill in the Senate to allocate $1.9 billion per year for six years to expand passenger rail in the U.S. According to Parade magazine (yes, the one that's inserted into Sunday newspapers), the main goal is 'to develop high-speed, short-haul rail corridors modeled on the European city-to-city routes. They could ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, placemaking, politics, public transportation (all these topics) |
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