What are the beneficial or negative results (e.g. financially, environmentally and socially) to California by having a HSR train?
There are many positive aspects to having a HSR in California. First, after the HSR is completed most people will choose to ride the HSR than flying or driving. The HSR will be efficient, convenient, reliable, and environmentally healthy for citizens of California. HSR will minimize carbon dioxide from vehicles and greyhound’s buses (Pettinger, 2013). HSR will benefit both businesses and vacation travelers because it will allow them easy and quick access to a range of California cultural and tourist attractions, sporting events, and recreational destinations. The continuous job growth from expanded operations and
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The Central Valley is also one of the poorest areas of the state. For example, the unemployment rate near the end of 2014 in Fresno County was 2.2% higher than the statewide average, the five poorest metro areas in the country; three are in the Central Valley (HSR Business Plan, 2016). The HSR system has the potential to significantly improve this region and its economy in the form of constructions worker and HSR station workers. In addition to jobs and income levels in general, the presence of HSR is expected to benefit the growth in smaller cities around the HSR …show more content…
At first, the HSR will be expensive and many people will be affected by it in a negative way, but eventually people will see the positive side. There will be a lot of construction causing headache for drivers and in the Central Valley farm workers may lose their job. After the HSR is up and running, the positive will start to show economically and environmentally. There will be many jobs in the station and business around as well the air quality will improve and less vehicle accidents will occur. Business individuals will be more able to get from one large city to another in less time than by driving or flying. The Firm should participate in the HSR project because the firm will benefit greatly. The project is estimated to be $64 billion, but the return is likely to double within the first five years of operations (HSR Business Plan, 2016). Also, after there has been a significant profit the Firm can then participate in the extension of the HSR toward Sacramento and San
Crime data is a resource being used to help understand who the victims are, their age, race, what type of crime they have committed. The more information someone has about crime the more prepared they can be to deal with the victim, evaluate programs that help prevent crime. There are several official sources used UCR, NCVS, NIBRS that are used. There are pros and cons to each source and the following information will include some of the positive and some of the negatives points of each report. This is not inclusive by any means, there are many different various pros and cons of each report.
In Henry George’s article, What the Railroad Will Bring Us, it discusses the main social, political, and economic transformations that the trans-continental railroad would bring to the state of California. More importantly, he discusses not only the benefits, but also discusses the major drawbacks with the arrival of the railroad. Henry George stated the railroad would be the “greatest work of the age” (297). With a railroad stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, multiple benefits would be brought to the state of California. First, the railroad will not only create a new means of transportation across the United States, it additionally would also become “one of the greatest material prosperity” of its time (298). This means more people, more houses,
The PMRC (Parent Music Resource Center) was formed by Mary “Tipper” Gore, Susan Baker, Pam Howar, Sally Nevius, or also known as “The Washington Wife’s” due to their husband’s connections with the government in the D.C Area. They created the group due to the concern to some of the contents in musician’s lyrics. In hope of increasing control over the music children would be exposed to.
The FBI’s UCR Program, which began in 1929, collects information on the following crimes reported to law enforcement authorities: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Law enforcement agencies report arrest data for 21 additional crime categories.
When you encounter a city such as Chicago, it is practically impossible to avoid CTA and Metra trains. From short store errands to long journeys home, the CTA is there as your personal downtown car. If you do not have enough money to put into owning a car or simply do not want to put up with trying to find parking in the congested city, the CTA is there for you. Where more people to use the CTA, the amount of gas polluting the earth would significantly decrease the pollution levels in Chicago. Since there aren't as many cars on the road, it not only decreases the carbon monoxide leaking from cars but the amount of cars on the road, which also decreases the amount of people on the road. Numerous laws state how using the CTA could benefit people in Chicago overall. These are just some of the reasons Metra and the CTA has impacted everything from population to economics and even political and environmental issues.
The construction of railroads in California impacted the state physically, socially, and economically; and ultimately helped propel California into the state it is today. During a time when masses of people were migrating to California but were doing so in an inefficient, and sometimes dangerous way, the first transcontinental railroad provided a fast and easier alternative. During the 1850's and 60's California was booming as many people from across the country uprooted their lives and headed west to begin a new life and attempt to strike it rich. Covered wagons were not an ideal way of travel but were the only way to go until the railroads were constructed.
Health Information Exchange (HIE) was introduced by President Bush in 2004 (Kruse, Regier & Rheinboldt, 2014) so it is not a new concept. HIE is instrumental in gaining overall population health as it can lead to a reduction in healthcare costs, increase patient safety, and increase health outcomes. Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) are a conglomerate of healthcare providers and patients in a region that exchange healthcare information with the goal of delivering quality care to the individuals they serve. This paper will discuss the pros and cons of RHIOs, key challenges in gaining long term viability, and provide ways in which capital is raised to support HIE.
Unemployment in the city limits further feeds the belly of poverty. Unemployment rates for Richmond in August 2013 were 8.2% (United States Department of Labor, 2013). These rates represent only those that are documented as unemployed and does not consider the “under employed” as they may be working but not getting paid for a full work week. These unemployment rates would likely be higher if they were accurate and all inclusive of the unemployed in Richmond. The unemployment rate for the entire state of Virginia was reported at 5.8% in August 2013 (United States Department of Labor). The unemployment rate is related to education. There are not enough good paying jobs to support those who did not finish basic high school. There are not enough good paying jobs to reach citizens of the city that do not have adequate transportation.
Meaningful Use and the EHR Many new technologies are being used in health organizations across the nation, which are being utilized to help improve the quality of health care. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) play a critical role in improving access, quality and efficiency of healthcare ("Electronic health records," 2014). In order to assist in expanding the use of EHR’s, in 2011 the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS), instituted an EHR incentive program called the Meaningful Use Program. This program was instituted to encourage and expand the use of the HER, by providing health professionals and health organizations yearly incentive payments when they demonstrate meaningful use of the EHR ("Medicare and Medicaid," 2014).
Deregulating transportation would have several benefits to American motorists and pedestrians. By deregulation of transportation I mean having very limited traffic laws. This entails removing most traffic signs, specifically those that inform drivers of the laws. In addition, all traffic control devices should be removed, this includes: traffic signals, speed bumps, rumble strips and other traffic control features. Even though opponents say this would cause complete anarchy on the road, traffic laws and control devices should be removed. Eradicating laws leads to safer driving habits and removing control devices and excessive signage increases the attention of drivers.
No matter what any politician in Washington or employee of the Federal Highway Administration may say, there is a serious and immediate problem with our nation's transportation systems. The Texas Transportation Institute has recently done several studies that have produced some very alarming results. For example, the average American spends approximately 26 hours a year stuck in traffic. Let?s think about that. The ?average? American spends this long cruising at five miles per hour and cursing at other cars around. By saying average, the study means this figure also takes into account people living in rural areas who spend maybe one hour a year stuck in traffic. That means for the majority of us, in the Phoenix area and other large cities, we spend 3 or 4 times more wasting our valuable time in traffic. For people who drive into the city everyday for work, it might even be worse (Fay 3). Now that?s a lot of time if you ask me.
... the last decade, it can be concluded that the state and economic experts have failed to create mechanisms that could aid and promote growth in those marginal cities that slow down the state’s economic growth. Different regulations, as well as incentives, could be implemented in those cities to promote the creation of jobs and that way lower the unemployment rate. With the expansion of the GDP, the cost of living has also raised for the citizens of California, causing millions of people who do not have equal access to high disposable personal incomes to live in poverty. In the long run, this huge gap between the developments of the different areas could really harm the economy for the state of California, by dividing the population into poor and rich areas, and making it impossible for the poorer population to put up with the overall high cost of living of the state.
health care. The Governor of California wants the taxpayers to believe state employees are the
California is one of the major states that contains a vast population of people in the United States. It is known to contain big cities, celebrities, and movies. In fact, it is also a state that contains thousands of people living in poverty. I conducted an analysis on Santa Cruz county cities Santa Cruz and Watsonville. In my findings, I saw that Santa Cruz is considered to be the wealthy city, whereas Watsonville is the poorest within the county.
Geographically speaking, vulnerable populaces in California include racial and ethnic minorities, undocumented immigrants, and households living below the poverty level. The state of California has the highest poverty rate of all states in the nation, at 23.5% (Sankin, 2012), with the county of Fresno having a per capita household income of less than $21,000 annually (Demographics at a glance, 2014). These demographics project that by the year 2020, 75% of Fresno County...