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TIMING & COSTS<br />

Last trans<strong>for</strong>mation 1900-25<br />

Horsepower to motor vehicles<br />

Muddy/dusty roads to asphalt roads<br />

Now<br />

Years 1-5<br />

Review ecology dimensions. Review engineering dimensions. Map valuable<br />

nature <strong>and</strong> busy highways. Identify renewable energy sources. Identify materials,<br />

manufacturers, contractors. Initiate large pilot-project areas. Build local public<br />

interest. Build policymaker support. Conduct cost/benefit analyses.<br />

Years 5-10<br />

Build & monitor pilot projects<br />

Years 10-25<br />

Exp<strong>and</strong> pilot projects. Construct netway system in all nature priority areas.<br />

Gauge public usage/dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> expansion of netways as the basic widespread<br />

transportation system.<br />

Costs<br />

Planning. Construction of netways. Energy generation. Producing pods.<br />

Conversion of highways to green multi-use corridors at varied rates.

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