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Advocates in the United States are continuing to call for more high-speed trains and have criticized Obamas stimulus plan for focusing on roads instead of rail. A recent draft of the Houses $825 billion stimulus plan calls for several billion dollars to improve the nations rail capacity, but as John B. Judis at The New Republic points replica omega Omega De Ville Co Axial Chronome watches out, the numbers pale in comparison to the actual costs high-speed rail projects. Authorities in California are moving forward in developing the high-speed rail system that would link Sacramento and San Francisco to Los Angeles following Novembers passage of a $10 billion bond measure. On Tuesday the California High Speed Rail Authority announced it was going to hold a series of scoping sessions to give people a chance to share their thoughts on the project.
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