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On behalf of the Long Beach Coalition for a Safe Environment, I
urge the CA Air Resources Board to significantly invest proceeds
for the Cap & Trade auction in systems that move goods and people
without the need to combust fuel.  

Particularly in car-addicted California, millions of cars and
trucks moving cargo and people contribute the largest share to our
total GHG emissions.  Providing incentives and capital to invest in
systems that can move people and their stuff with no emissions can
make a huge dent in this problem.  

This isn't just about electric cars and charging infrastructure,
which are poised to make a huge jump in the marketplace.  It is
also about convenient mass transit, ease of using bicycles or
walking for short trips, and switching our train systems to employ
electricity instead of fuel.  

Electrifying our railway and ports seems to be a low hanging fruit
- ports and rail lines are established and stationary, it is purely
a matter of capital investment to make the switch.  The impact to
GHG reduction would be enormous, as just from the Ports of L.A. and
Long Beach near me, 44% of the Nation's cargo is handled.  

My organization has endorsed the GRID project, which provides an
example of the scope of benefits we could see if we addressed the
issue of climate change on the scale needed to really make an
impact.  I hope you will place a lot of emphasis on similar
projects and initiatives that will make a dent in our GHG
emissions.