It's ALL UP TO YOU!! Prop 1A has a narrow lead in the polls, but that won't translate into a victory on Tuesday unless you get out there and cast your vote for Prop 1A.

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PLEDGE TO VOTE FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL !

http://www.calhighspeedrail.org/pledge

Make your voice heard and send a message to our leaders!

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Vote YES on the California High Speed Rail Bond Measure in the November general election!
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• SF to LA in 2.5 hours
• Trains would travel at 220mph
• SD and Sacramento to be included as well
• Create 450,000 jobs throughout the state (due to economic growth resulting from CAHSR)
• 10,000 fewer auto accidents every year
• Reduce carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to removing 1.4 million cars from the road
• It will pay for its construction cost in the long run
• Reduce CO2 emissions by over 17.6 billion lbs/year
• Reduce California’s oil consumption 22 million barrels/year
• Induce denser development, limiting sprawl
• Half the cost of expanding freeways and airports to meet future travel demand
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High Speed Rail could eliminate the need to construct:
+2970 lane miles of highway
+91 airport gates
+5 additional airport runways
*source: http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov
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WHAT WILL IT COST?
+Estimated total cost of $40 billion USD
>1/3 from a bond measure (meaning taxes will not increase)
>1/3 from state transportation funds
>1/3 from federal transportation matching funds
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WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETED?
+The first segment from SF to LA to Anaheim in 2014
+The complete system by 2019
+Self-sustaining financially by 2030
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Projected ticket prices can be found here:
http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/map.htm
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Video on CAHSR project on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IZBos3DhZs&NR=1
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Advocacy Group websites:
http://www.highspeedtrainsforca.com/
http://www.goldenstaterail.com
http://www.calhighspeedrail.org/
http://cahsr.blogspot.com/
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Register to Vote in California... ONLINE!
https://ovr.sos.ca.gov/votereg/OnlineVoterReg
(we will be voting on a bond for the rail project November 2008)
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Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2739650095
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