Richard Tolmach

California Rail Foundation

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President of the California Rail Foundation, a Sacramento-based nonprofit promoting public transportation services

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Based on plans laid in 1996, California voters in 2008 approved almost $10 billion in bonds to begin building a bullet-train system to connect the state's major cities.

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Based on plans laid in 1996, California voters in 2008 approved almost $10 billion in bonds to begin building a bullet-train system to connect the state's major cities.

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