We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

We need Light Rail

Target: Don Young, Chairman, U.S House of Representatives
Sponsor: Chris Canary
  • Signatures: 104
  • Goal: 1,000,000
  • Deadline: 11-30-1999
Gasoline will be $5.00 a gallon by the end of the Bush administration. We need a viable alternative to single occupant vehicle that can service suburban and rural areas.

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104 12:57 pm PDT, Apr 12 Anonymous fairfax Virginia  
103 8:26 am PDT, Mar 25 Philippe Suy Houston Texas  
102 4:35 pm PST, Feb 26 Anonymous Denver Colorado  
101 2:21 am PST, Feb 5 Anonymous Kavala    
100 1:57 pm PST, Dec 19 Kyle McAdam Farmington New Hampshire  
99 6:56 pm PDT, Sep 30 Laurel Burns Portland Maine  
98 2:07 am PDT, Aug 18 patricia osborne Hicksville New York  
97 1:19 pm PDT, Jul 20 Celia Barnes Rasmussen Bloomington Indiana  
96 8:29 am PDT, Jul 17 Robert DiStefano Newton New Jersey  
95 12:02 pm PDT, May 3 Tim Reeff Covina California  
94 10:16 pm PDT, Mar 21 Anonymous Placerville California  
93 6:45 pm PST, Feb 10 Lorie Ropp El Verano California  
92 5:50 pm PST, Jan 22 Jason Bowman Placerville California  
91 8:22 pm PST, Dec 28 Anonymous Castleford Armed Forces Americas  
90 5:29 am PST, Dec 21 Becky Moore Bismarck Missouri  
89 3:12 pm PST, Dec 16 Anonymous El Cerrito California  
88 11:15 am PST, Nov 30 Jennifer Megeney Saint John    
87 3:47 pm PST, Nov 22 Emily MacDonald Mount Wolf Pennsylvania  
86 6:06 pm PDT, Sep 20 Carl Propst Placerville California
85 12:03 pm PDT, Sep 15 Roman M. Wowk Albuquerque New Mexico  
84 10:09 am PDT, Aug 28 Linda Bonura Denham Springs Louisiana  
83 3:06 pm PDT, Aug 7 Anonymous Seattle Washington  
82 8:06 pm PDT, Jul 17 Earth Indigo Alger Michigan  
81 2:49 pm PDT, Jun 28 Scott Immel Winter Park Colorado  
80 3:56 pm PDT, Jun 27 Brenda Schenk Hoquiam Washington  
79 1:56 pm PDT, Jun 27 Anonymous Overland Park Kansas  
78 11:45 am PDT, Jun 26 Kenny Bailey Lafayette Indiana  
77 2:24 pm PDT, Jun 25 Anthony Montapert North Hollywood California  
76 8:16 pm PDT, Jun 24 Michael Gualtieri Staten Island New York
75 1:55 pm PDT, Jun 8 Mayonnaise Jenkins providence Rhode Island  
74 8:12 am PDT, Jun 7 Elizabeth Graddy Middletown Indiana  
73 4:37 pm PDT, Jun 6 Roberta Gallant Concord New Hampshire
72 3:08 pm PDT, May 27 Nikki Vaughan Layton Utah  
71 11:55 pm PDT, May 12 Gena Korn Le Roy New York  
70 10:26 am PDT, May 10 Michael Barth Evanston Illinois  
69 4:41 pm PDT, May 2 Wendy Horn Arcata California  
68 1:55 pm PDT, May 2 Anonymous Albuquerque New Mexico  
67 6:52 am PDT, May 1 Mindy Blahnik Sterling Virginia  
66 11:14 am PDT, Apr 28 Lisa Marshall Houston Texas  
65 7:26 am PDT, Apr 28 Jenny Thevegan NM Armed Forces Americas
64 2:14 pm PDT, Apr 24 mystery girl Derry New Hampshire  
63 9:23 am PDT, Apr 20 Steve Kane Columbia South Carolina  
62 2:12 am PDT, Apr 20 Takuji Soyama Fukuoka Armed Forces Americas  
61 5:00 pm PDT, Apr 19 Anne Mostad-Jensen Saint Paul Minnesota  
60 12:57 am PDT, Apr 15 Thomas Pirovano Bern Armed Forces Americas
59 1:42 am PDT, Apr 13 Hercolena Oliver Durban Armed Forces Americas
58 10:30 am PDT, Apr 12 Robert Andrews Fort Lauderdale Florida
57 2:16 am PDT, Apr 12 Steve Klein x Armed Forces Americas  
56 11:59 am PDT, Apr 11 D White Mooresville Indiana  
55 6:20 pm PDT, Apr 10 Anonymous Naperville Illinois  
54 4:44 pm PDT, Apr 10 Michael McCollum Madison Wisconsin  
53 11:19 am PDT, Apr 9 Candy Bowman Placerville California  
52 9:23 pm PDT, Apr 8 David Dunkleberger Doylestown Pennsylvania  
51 4:22 pm PST, Nov 13 Harry Palms Las Vegas Nevada  
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We need Light Rail

In the early 20th Century, the streetcar and rural Interurban electric trolley lines were the main source of transportation in the USA. Not only did they haul passengers, but also mail and frieght.

At one time you could get on a trolley in Maine in the morning and after many transfers arrive in Washington DC the next night.

During the 1940s 1nd 1950s, the Oil companies, tire companies and General Motors lobbied heavily to cover over or tear out virtually all the streetcar tracks throughout the country and replace the lines with diesel busses.

Now, in the 21st century the streets and highways are clogged with single occupant vehicles as well as busses that belch noxious diesel smoke into the air.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of land have been transformed into freeways, many of which are gridlocked for hours every day.

With the price of gasoline at an all time high, and only going higher, we need to get back to Mass Transit as an economical alternative.

People are now having to choose to buy gasoline or groceries. It is just going to get worse.

We propose spartan, elevated light-rail or monorail lines be built along the center dividers (or off the shoulders) of all the major freeways, with simple transfer stations and park and ride lots, at each interchange where space permits.

These lines can be powered by wind and solar energy.
All components and other aspect of this project must be MADE IN AMERICA.

This would:

1. Reduce gridlock on the roads.
2. Create jobs in the manufacturing of all components of the projects as well as the construction itself.
3. Create a nationwide "Inter-Urban" transportation system using clean electric power.
4. Promote development in the areas adjacent to the interchanges.
5. Vastly reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

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