Leading by Example, by Bill Richardson: on Technology


Subsidize inter-city rail--it works in New Mexico

I have instituted commuter train in the central Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico, connecting cities north and south of Albuquerque and now headed toward a connection between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

The New Mexico Railrunner, which runs on conventional tracks that we bought from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, has been a success. It is subsidized, as all forms of public transportation must be, but it is attracting transit-oriented development nearby as well as a large number of passengers who welcome the opportunity to commute by rail instead of by individual car. My investment in “park-n-ride” busses between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, while we work on an efficient rail connection, has been standing-room only. People who have said westerners won’t use public transportation are nuts.

Source: Leading by Example, by Bill Richardson, p. 98 Oct 26, 2007

Nurture & invest in science and technology

[As one of my goals of my “2020 Vision” energy & climate policy, we should] nurture & invest in science and technology. Picture a world in which America is the main engine of global innovation and ingenuity. We have the world’s best-trained intellectual and academic base. At America’s colleges, at its national laboratories, and among its most vigorous entrepreneurial and investment communities, there is a vital new enthusiasm and commitment to meeting our energy and climate challenges.

Actually, that is a picture of the world in 2007. Luckily we ramped up investment in research & technology and kept our leadership position, which seemed threatened by the politics of energy & climate change during the dark days of the early 2000s.

  1. Make a one-time investment in a new Energy & Climate Investment Trust Fund
  2. Fund ongoing energy & climate research at universities and agencies.
Source: Leading by Example, by Bill Richardson, p.228 Oct 26, 2007

  • The above quotations are from Leading by Example
    How We Can Inspire an Energy and Security Revolution,
    by Bill Richardson    .
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