Now's the Time for Our Long Range Transportation Plan

Link: Antonio Villaraigosa: Now's the Time for Our Long Range Transportation Plan

Now's the Time for Our Long Range Transportation Plan


If you want to let the MTA board know it's time to pass the Long Range Plan you can
email the board here.

Tomorrow
is a big day for Los Angeles. Tomorrow, we can clear the way for jobs
and sustainable growth, and set our region on a course to getting the
transportation network it deserves.

At their meeting tomorrow,
the Board of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(MTA) can and should pass the Long Range Transportation Plan, paving
the way for $300 billion in investment over the next 30 years. We can't
afford to delay any longer.

So many good projects are included
in this plan -- the Regional Connector, the Foothill Extension of the
Gold Line in the San Gabriel Valley, the Crenshaw Line, and the
Westside Extension of the Subway. Can you just imagine what these
projects will do for the Los Angeles area?

Our region has some
of the worst air pollution in the country. This plan would mean lower
emissions. Our region has too much traffic. This plan would mean less
congestion. And most importantly, our region has a 12% unemployment
rate. This plan would mean JOBS.

This plan has been a long time
coming. We've been delayed for years because even though we had a lot
of good projects, we didn't have the money to build them. But last
year, thanks to the voters, we passed Measure R and now have the
half-cent sales tax for transportation.

Just last month, the
Board unanimously voted for two projects to be our federal funding
priorities -- the Westside Subway and the downtown Regional Connector.
Both of these run through extremely populated employment centers and
will make rail travel faster, more feasible, and greener for hundreds
of thousands of people from all over the region.

Now is the time
to unite around this Plan. Let's show Washington that Los Angeles is
ready to break ground and is deserving of federal funding to get all
our Measure R projects built faster.

Let the board know you're on board with the Long Range Plan by emailing them here.