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Opinion: Why California needs high-speed rail

(Source: San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2012)

SAN FRANCISCO — Today, our country desperately needs new infrastructure development that will create jobs and economic growth while updating the American Dream and ensuring its environmental future. The answer is high-speed rail.

Full story: San Francisco Chronicle

Friday, January 6, 2012

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