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Adding: Seriously, watch this video; Facebook it, tweet it. It's deer in the headlights territory. What's so frustrating is knowing that if voters saw that instead of endless out of state hit job ads, Carol would win by a landslide.
The good folks at New Hampshire Businesses for Transportation and Infrastructure (NHBTI) have this insane, crazy, futuristic idea.
Here it is: instead of all of us getting into our cars and clogging up the roads and polluting the skies, these whackadoodles want us to get into one really, really long car. And it gets its own lane so it doesn't have to fight in traffic. I hear they might have these strange transport modules in other states, but I don't know for sure.
Apparently it's called a "train."
Anyhow, here's the text of the petition you can sign to help this future fantasy vision come closer to reality:
To: Governor Lynch; NH's state legislators; NH's congressional delegation; Department of Transportation Commissioner George Campbell; the New Hampshire Rail Transit Authority; and the Mayors of Concord, Manchester and Nashua
The New Hampshire Capitol Corridor-providing passenger rail service from Concord to Boston-will provide significant benefits including:
* Jobs during construction and jobs from new businesses that will flourish in our revitalized downtowns
* Opportunities that attract young people to move and stay here, and generate our tax dollars in the future
* Revenues from out-of-state shoppers, new business investments and new sustainable development to create and support vibrant local economies
* Greater transportation choice for people traveling in the state and region
* Improved environmental benefits-less pollution and sprawl-and reduced reliance on foreign energy
We, the undersigned, call on you, our representatives, to ensure the New Hampshire Capitol Corridor is part of a world-class transportation system that will keep the state competitive in the 21st century.
All aboard!
But seriously: how awesome would it be personally, environmentally, and for the economy of our state, to get to Boston by leaving your car in Concord. As someone who grew up in towns surrounded by commuter light rail, this is a no brainer that should have happened decades ago.
