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COMMENTS ON AB 32 PROPOSED SCOPING PLAN,
SUBMITTED BY SIERRA CLUB CALIFORNIA, November 19, 2008

12. High Speed Rail (p. 56)

• Sierra Club endorsed Proposition 1A and supports construction of
a High Speed Rail system for California. 

• CARB is aware of the ongoing controversy over Altamont and
Pacheco Pass routes. We urge CARB to advise the High Speed Rail
Authority on the relative carbon footprints of competing routes
into the Bay Area, and to assess the relative degrees of
cost-effectiveness in reducing carbon when constructed. To the
extent that CARB can bring to bear climate considerations and data
on this choice, the public will be well served.