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To increase safety in this stretch of highway, lower the speed limit.

Incorporate bike/pedestrian pathways into the slowed roadway.

Develop innovative transportation modalities that enhance, rather than degrade the beauty of our county.

Short sea shipping could carry the same goods in and out of Humboldt County. Many new jobs would be created.

Electric vehicles are the future.

Abandon plans to bring big box stores to Humboldt County. The era of mass consumption is over.

Support local businesses. Buy locally produced food and manufactured products.

Build a strong economy on what we have - redwoods, fisheries, human resources focused on bringing about new technologies.

Use our unique qualities to draw people here for vacations and conferences. Encourage them to spend money in local businesses.

In the 2 years it would take to implement the  RGP, we could obtain federal funding  towards appropriate port development in conjunction with a maritime highway and an  R&D facility.

A New Direction in Transportation Policy...

We also need to embrace short sea shipping. This is one I think has great promise."
" The Harbor Maintenance Tax is a barrier to entry that should be eliminated, and Congress should consider tax credits for trucking companies that shift freight from the highway to water... it stands to be good public policy to get thousands of trucks off the highways and even some railcars off the rails."

Quote from James Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in article regarding major highway bill being drafted this month. Read more

 

More about alternatives:

Humboldt Maritime Logistics

U.S. Department of Transportation Hydrogen Fuel Portal

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in Marine Transport

Hydrogen Boat to Cut Marine Pollution


"Additionally, bigger and heavier trucks create a reliance on trucks as a mode of moving freight and increase highway dependence. When more freight is moved by trucks, it is diverted from other modes, thereby reducing the amount of money that is earmarked to develop and maintain the infrastructure of other modes. Once freight is diverted from other modes of freight they may never be an option again." onCoalition Against Bigger Trucks