HSR's 800 miles of rail and 26 stations will be grafting themselves onto California's existing landscape. As expected, the particular placement and design of the HSR project has been a politicized and polarized debate at times. This panel will explore the key lessons to understanding and responding to community needs and defusing opposition to the development and alignment of the HSR. Moderator: Gabriel Metcalf Executive Director San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association - SPUR "Community Aspects and NIMBYism in California's HSR" System Development Michael O'Hare Professor of Public Policy UC Berkeley "Social and Environmental Justice Considerations of HSR" Lisa Schweitzer Associate Professor School of Policy, Planning, and Development University of Southern California "Enhancing the Social Acceptance of HSR: Lessons from the French Experience" Julien Dehornoy Vice President SNCF America Inc. "HSR: Job Impacts in the Central Valley and Community" Expectations Michael Bernick Counsel, HNTB Corporation Former Director, California Employment Development Department

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