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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>It does not seem unusual to attach <I>green / sustainability</I> initiatives to an HSR funding application. HSR itself is just another tentacle of the <I>green / sustainability</I> agenda.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>HSR is not about fulfilling a transportation need.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is about reducing CO2 emissions and creating a non-oil society.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Using recycled materials, buying local, roof gardens, reducing the use of private automobiles, conservation pricing of utilities, new urbanism, solar panels, and HSR are all components of the <I>green / sustainability</I> agenda. </FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>Here is what the FRA says the HSR vision is:</FONT></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=verdana,geneva> </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/RRdev/hsrspfacts.pdf"><FONT face=verdana,geneva color=#800080>http://www.fra.dot.gov/Downloads/RRdev/hsrspfacts.pdf</FONT></A></P><FONT face=verdana,geneva> <o:p></o:p></FONT> <P mce_keep="true"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>The biggest problem that HSR has in meeting its green objective is the “H” in HSR.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Maybe that’s why they only want to go 79 mph.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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