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Florida Governor Rick Scott rejects proposed Federal high-speed rail project

Green Car Congress

Keep in mind that Amtrak’s Acela train in Washington, D.C., Historical data shows capital cost overruns are pervasive in 9 out of 10 high speed rail projects and that 2/3 of those projects inflated ridership projections by an average of 65 percent of actual patronage. It is projected that 3.07 million people will use the train annually.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. We need electric buses to replace the diablos rojos, these are old, old US school buses that are the rusting backbone of public transportation in Panama. Give them the choice, and they’ll shift. — Scott 18.

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