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thanks for asking!
1. Its a fact that most white collar businesses are moving away from cities to suburban campuses. This has been a growing trend over the last 10 years. Look at the boom for cities like Raleigh, silicon valley, waltham MA and others. Costs are much less. As a result, people drive farther. Trains are not going to help this situation. No one complained trains are slow, so how is a high speed rail going to help???
My suggestion is to explore options to make it less expensive and less dependent on transportation.
- work out benefits for companies to offer more work at home options. Hell, all day I work with people all over the country and India and Ireland. I can easily do my job from home. Also, I wouldnt shower every day so that would save more resources.
- in San Fran, the bridges offered no toll for people carpooling. this is 4-5 bucks each DAY that people save for people with multiple passengers. The feds need to come up with ways to benefit people who carpool. How about some gas tax credits for people who have more than 2 passengers in a car? Just a thought, not sure how it would work.
Johnny, the key is THOUGHT, not throwing money at things! lets think about how businesses can make money while we clean transportation, put a benefit on INNOVATION!!!
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