Action Alert

Ask Governor Brown to continue his strong support for a statewide high-speed rail system!

With the release of the California High-Speed Rail Peer Group’s new report on the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed train, there’s been a bout of fresh attacks on the project’s viability.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority responded vigorously, calling the report “deeply flawed in its understanding of the authority’s program and the experience around the world in successfully developing high-speed rail.”  The Los Angeles Times’ also came out in support of the project with a January 7th editorial, “Keep California’s Bullet Train on Track”.

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Californians: we need your help!

California already has three of the five highest ridership Amtrak lines.  With a state population that will grow from 38 million people today to 60 million by the year 2050, leaders in Sacramento need to acknowledge the growing transportation demands California faces.  The most recent analysis estimates that, without high-speed rail, California will need spend $171 billion to build an additional 2,300 lane-miles of highway, 4 runways, and 115 airline gates to handle that population growth.

California needs leaders who are bold enough to meet the demands of the state’s growth!  Take a minute and ask California’s elected officials what kind of future they’re working for.

 

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Don’t live in California?  You can still help!

America will add 130 million more people by the year 2050.  Currently, the U.S. spends only 2.4 percent of our GDP each year on maintaining and expanding our physical infrastructure.  Compare this to the 5 percent Europe spends, the 7 percent spent by India—and the 10 percent China is reinvesting every single year!

The U.S. needs leaders who believe in a growing, prosperous American future—and are willing to invest accordingly!  There should be no doubt that modern trains play a part in this investment.

Take a minute and sign a petition to ask California’s Governor Brown to keep working to bring high-speed rail to America.

 

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Spread the word in your community: Download and print copies of NARP’s latest action flyer (PDF) and leave them on the train, at the station, at the office, at your library, gym or coffee shop or anywhere else there’s a place for people to leave literature for others to take.

Thank you for standing with us in the fight for a secure, livable and prosperous future for our country.