'Big shift' to rail urged for UK (BBC)

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By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

The UK needs a "modal shift" from road to rail if greenhouse gas emissions from transport are to be curbed, a report concludes.

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) says changes are needed to government policies on transport pricing, energy and town planning.

A train journey can produce about one tenth of the carbon emissions generated if the same trip is made by air.

The report's authors say substantial investment in the railways is needed.
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"Eighty-five percent of transport emissions come from roads, so if we are serious about doing something, we must hit road transport."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7277757.stm

Finally, some mention of MASS TRANSIT !!! Let's get a Dem in the White House so the Depts. of Energy & Transportation can be cured of their blindness to MT!