DEAR EDITOR:
Jeers to Association of Southern California Governments for
their decision to build
”
truck-only
”
toll roads in California.
DEAR EDITOR:
Jeers to Association of Southern California Governments for their decision to build “truck-only” toll roads in California.
Cheers to intermodal freight which will depose King Coal this year as #1 revenue source for the American Class I railroads.
Cheers to Caltrans Chief of Highway Programs, Mr. Jim Nicholas, who told CTC that California needs more intermodal transportation facilities.
Jeers to those government planners who ignore the 75 percent fuel savings available due to the coefficient of friction of steel wheels rolling on steel rails, compared with that of rubber tires on cement or asphalt.
Jeers to the HSRA’s Bullet Train, targeting downtown Gilroy, which for every tourist dollar it might bring in will cost local small business owners $500 in higher taxes and fees.
As I said to the high speed rail commission, if you put enough freight tonnage on their railroad, then you would not need to be raising taxes and fees.
Joseph P. Thompson, Gilroy
Submitted Monday, May 17 to ed****@****ic.com
