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1. BUDGET/TAX REAX VO/SOT
2. AMTRAK CELEBRATES RECORD RIDERSHIP VO/SOT
3. HPV PREVENTION PLANNING VO/SOT
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4. BOARD EXPLORES METHANE GAS VO/SOT
2. AMTRAK CELEBRATES RECORD RIDERSHIP VO/SOT
LIVE:
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING RECORD RIDERSHIP FOR AMTRAK ROUTES IN CALIFORNIA SAY INCREASED USE OF THE RAIL SYSTEM WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES, BUT NEITHER AMTRAK'S CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER NOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COULD SAY HOW MUCH SUBSIDIES WILL FALL. THE STATE SPENDS MORE THAN $80 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR TO SUBSIDIZE AMTRAK OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA.
SUPER: TODAY/SACRAMENTO
VO: (:25)
MORE THAN FIVE MILLION PASSENGERS RODE AMTRAK TRAINS IN CALIFORNIA LAST YEAR ON ROUTES BETWEEN SAN DIEGO AND SAN LUIS OBISPO, OAKLAND AND BAKERSFIELD, AND SAN JOSE AND AUBURN. CALTRANS DIRECTOR WILL KEMPTON SAYS THE RECORD-HIGH RIDERSHIP SHOULD LEAD TO A REDUCTION OF STATE SUBSIDIES, BUT HIS DEPARTMENT HAS NOT CALCULATED WHAT THOSE SAVINGS MIGHT BE.
SUPER: WILL KEMPTON/CALTRANS DIRECTOR
SOT: (:16)
SAYS: "THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE'RE SEEING THE RIDERSHIP GO UP DRAMATICALLY AND SO OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING A TRAIN, ADDING A CAR DOESN'T ADD TOO MUCH TO THE OPERATING COST OF THAT TRAIN, SO THE NET COST IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND THAT IS VERY, VERY POSITIVE."
VO CON'T: AMTRAK CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER BILL CROSBIE ALSO SAYS MORE RIDERS WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR RAIL SUBSIDIES, BUT COULD NOT BE SPECIFIC.
SUPER: BILL CROSBIE /AMTRAK C.E.O.
SOT: (:13)
SAYS: "YES, IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY COME DOWN. AS YOUR PEAK RIDERSHIP GOES UP, AS WAS MENTIONED, YOUR NET COST IS NOT INCREASING SO YOU'LL DEFINITELY PUT MORE TO THE BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU WILL, IN TERMS OF CONTRIBUTION."
VO TAG:
BESIDES ITS ANNUAL SUBSIDIES, CALIFORNIA IS SPENDING $400 MILLION FROM VOTER-APPROVED TRANSPORTATION BONDS TO UPGRADE AMTRAK OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE OF NEW RAIL CARS.
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SUPER: WILL KEMPTON/CALTRANS DIRECTOR
SOT: (:34)
SAYS: "$400 MILLION DOLLARS, ABOUT $125 MILLION TO $150 MILLION OF THAT WILL GO TO BUY NEW EQUIPMENT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO BUY 27 NEW CARS. WE'RE ALSO NEGOTIATING WITH THE RAIL OPERATORS IN NEW JERSEY TO BRING SOME CARS, VERY COST EFFECTIVELY, FROM THAT SERVICE, WHICH WE CAN REFURBISH AT A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, LOWER COST AND GET INTO SERVICE VERY, VERY QUICKLY."
