By reclaiming this space for rail traffic and removing the illegal and dangerous human path, UP is both saving lives and the environment. Risk to human life is just another reason the SC council forces the UP to drive fewer trains and at slower fuel-inefficient speeds. When you see an energy-efficient train, for each train car think of 2.75 smog-spewing 18-wheel trucks driving down already-congested highways making everyone else slow down and burn more fuel too.

Train transport is the #1 most ecologically friendly and sustainable means of transporting cargo, and should be supported in full by all friends of the Earth and Air.