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Fflint: I would love to see all the trucks between LA and the Bay get onto rail.

But that is not relevant to HSR. We're talking about 350 miles, so I question how much product there is that would be too urgent for normal rail but couldn't use air. I couldn't find this analysis in their business plan so I'm thinking it is not material (and I doubt that those 18-wheelers are carrying "small packages, parcels and letters").

The possibility that LA to Bay trucks on 5 and 99 are at all comparable to the pollution generated by the 8M or so people living, working and building in Sacto., Fresno, Bako, etc., strikes me as absurd. Remember that the trucks are also going to Oregon, Washington and Canada to the north; and Arizona, Texas, etc., to the south. You often see chicken from Arkansas, industrial equipment from Ohio, lumber from Oregon, etc. These are not affected by California HSR at all.