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Building the National System

This text offers insights from Steve Heminger, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, emphasizing the importance of connectivity, early co-benefits, self-help rewards, and addressing environmental reviews. It also dispels the notion of high-speed rail as a stimulus and promotes the vision of an intercity passenger rail network for enhanced transportation services. Heminger's point of view advocates for a reliable, frequent, and competitive passenger service to connect regions and population centers effectively. The provided quote from Bing Crosby's lyrics reinforces the message to focus on the positive aspects of transportation planning rather than getting caught in in-between uncertainties.

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Building the National System

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  1. Building the National System Steve Heminger Executive Director Metropolitan Transportation Commission October 15, 2010

  2. “You’ve got to accentuate the positive. Eliminate the negative. And latch onto the affirmative.Don’t mess with Mister In-Between” – Bing Crosby, 1944(lyrics by Johnny Mercer)

  3. 1. Connectivity Is Key 3 3

  4. 2. Deliver Early Co-Benefits 4

  5. 3. Reward Self-Help 5

  6. 4. Environmental Review(s) Run Amok

  7. 5. High-Speed Rail Is NOT Stimulus SOURCE: Transportation Weekly

  8. 6. There’s No Such Thing as a Democratic or a Republican Road…

  9. “ The Commission envisions anintercity passenger rail network that provides competitive, reliable, and frequent passenger service, comparable to world-class systems in other countries. This network would primarily connect regionsand population centers within 500 miles of each other.”

  10. Metropolitan Transportation Commissionwww.mtc.ca.gov

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