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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
  Very Light Jet

High Speed Rail (links on right) has never been more important than now, when politicians are sweeping it under the bureaucratic rug, and normally environmentally minded companies such as Honda enter the VLJ market, in an effort to tap the wallets of the advantaged and future ignorant.
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Population, City of Los Angeles: 3,957,875 (2005), Annual Growth Rate: 1.13% (2005), Service Miles, MTA: 1,433, Bus Stops: 18,500, Total Monthly Boardings, MTA: 34,775,877 (June 2006), Regional Population: 9,937,739 (2005), Regional Homeless: 91,000 (2005), Licensed Taxis: 2300
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Population, City of Tokyo: 12,544,205 (2005), Annual Growth Rate: .7% (2005), Total Annual Boardings, East Japan Railways: 3,117,237 (2004), Estimated Homeless in Tokyo: 4000-5000 Further information (available in Excel format!)

Population, City of New York: 8,008,278 (2002), Annual Growth Rate: . % (2005), Service Miles, MTA: 1,871, Annual Ridership: 740 million, Subway stations: 468, Annual Ridership, Subway: 1.4 billion, Licensed Taxis: 12,778, Regional Population: 11,685,650 (2001), Regional Homeless: 48,155 (2005), New York City Shelters: 31,961

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Action Point: California High Speed Rail - Mass transit and decreasing the dependence on oil are key to our future, not to mention Japan, France, and now China mocks us from their own...

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