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NARP Endorses CAHSR, Guestblogs the CAHSR Blog
Friday, July 18, 2008
NARP Board Member Dennis Lytton and I will be guestblogging on the CAHSR Blog over the next couple weeks as its primary author is out of town. The timing is auspicious; last week, NARP’s Executive Committee approved a resolution endorsing California’s High Speed Rail project and Proposition 1, the ballot measure that will provide $9 billion in initial construction funding and $950 million to improve existing intercity and commuter train service. I will be working with citizen activists in California to help promote Prop 1 in the coming months.
You can read my first post here.
—Matthew Melzer
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Tags: california high-speed rail, california proposition 1, grassroots advocacy,NARP Pushes CAHSR and Prop 1A, and So Can You
Monday, September 29, 2008
NARP is working actively to promote California Proposition 1A, the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, which will appear on the November 4 ballot to provide $9 billion in bonds to start construction of the CAHSR project, and $995 million to bolster existing conventional passenger train services. I will be in the state next month to work with our Directors and allies on the ground to educate voters about the ballot measure. We will distribute two-sided informational cards (pictured below), brilliantly designed with the volunteer labor of NARP member Alfred Twu of Berkeley. (Thank you, Alfred!) It is co-branded with the web site for the grassroots Students for CAHSR.
If you’re in California and would like to assist, please consider downloading the high-resolution .pdf of the card design (1.1 MB) and professionally printing it to distribute in your community. NARP is only able to sponsor a limited print run, and we would greatly appreciate your contribution. You may also click on the image below to download.
For more information about the CAHSR project and Prop 1A, please see the following resources:
- NARP’s Resolution
- Californians for High Speed Trains (Official Campaign)
- CAHSR Authority
- CAHSR Blog
- Students for CAHSR
- Facebook Group: Support California High Speed Rail
- HSR for California
- Association for California High-Speed Trains
- Are You Hot For High Speed Rail?
- Golden State Rail
- CalPIRG HSR Campaign
- Ballotpedia: Prop 1A
As you can see, there is a tremendous groundswell of online support for Prop 1A. The Facebook group mentioned above has nearly 39,000 members! We need to work hard in the coming weeks to translate this enthusiasm into votes, and push back hard against baseless attacks from opponents (as Robert Cruickshank does so well every day on the CAHSR Blog).
What will you do to support CAHSR and Prop 1A? Let us know in the comments.
—Matthew Melzer
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Tags: california high-speed rail, california proposition 1, california proposition 1a, grassroots advocacy,Lytton Op-Ed: CAHSR “Would Save Lives and Fuel”
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Kudos to NARP Board Member Dennis Lytton, whose op-ed piece, “High-speed rail would save lives and fuel,” the Daily Breeze (Southern California) published yesterday. Dennis does a fantastic job bringing into focus the long-term safety and environmental benefits the California High-Speed Rail project would bring. For more analysis, see the CAHSR Blog.
—Matthew Melzer
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Tags: california high-speed rail, california proposition 1, california proposition 1a, dennis lytton, oil, safety,©2009 National Association of Railroad Passengers | » NARP website
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