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Do you favor building a Subway to the Sea? What would be your preferred route?
A
Subway to the Sea was one of my earliest campaign proposals, and under
my administration, we have finally laid the foundation for the
construction of this long-awaited project. With the passage of Measure
R, we have secured funding that will allow us to build this extension.
As chairman of the MTA, we took the crucial step of approving the
planning study and initiating the Environmental Impact Report.
Now
that we have secured a local source of revenue, I intend to continue my
work with officials in Sacramento and Washington to leverage more
funding as soon as possible.
I remain open to any of the routes
currently under consideration by the MTA, with an emphasis on
connecting the most people to as many jobs as possible.
Do you favor making more Los Angeles streets flow one way? Do you favor putting toll lanes in place of freeway lanes?
In
November 2007, my administration unveiled the Olympic-West Pico-East
initiative -- a smart, safe and innovative way to ease traffic flow on
two of L.A.'s busiest cross-town boulevards.
Do you favor building a Subway to the Sea? What would be your preferred route?
A
Subway to the Sea was one of my earliest campaign proposals, and under
my administration, we have finally laid the foundation for the
construction of this long-awaited project. With the passage of Measure
R, we have secured funding that will allow us to build this extension.
As chairman of the MTA, we took the crucial step of approving the
planning study and initiating the Environmental Impact Report.
Now
that we have secured a local source of revenue, I intend to continue my
work with officials in Sacramento and Washington to leverage more
funding as soon as possible.
I remain open to any of the routes
currently under consideration by the MTA, with an emphasis on
connecting the most people to as many jobs as possible.
Do you favor making more Los Angeles streets flow one way? Do you favor putting toll lanes in place of freeway lanes?
In
November 2007, my administration unveiled the Olympic-West Pico-East
initiative -- a smart, safe and innovative way to ease traffic flow on
two of L.A.'s busiest cross-town boulevards.
Olympic-West Pico-East is a two-phase project
that will affect a seven-mile stretch of both streets between La Brea
Boulevard and Centinela Avenue. Phase 1 ensures consistent rush hour
parking restrictions along Olympic and Pico and boosts enforcement
efforts of parking rules by L.A. DOT officers. Phase 2 alters signal
timing to allow commuters to move more quickly along Olympic heading
west and Pico heading east.
According to a L.A. DOT study,
travel speeds westbound on Olympic Boulevard were improved by as much
as 31% and eastbound on Pico Boulevard by 45%. That means commuters
will spend less time facing stop-and-go traffic or enduring the slow
crawl of cars clogging the 10 Freeway and most major streets.
that will affect a seven-mile stretch of both streets between La Brea
Boulevard and Centinela Avenue. Phase 1 ensures consistent rush hour
parking restrictions along Olympic and Pico and boosts enforcement
efforts of parking rules by L.A. DOT officers. Phase 2 alters signal
timing to allow commuters to move more quickly along Olympic heading
west and Pico heading east.
According to a L.A. DOT study,
travel speeds westbound on Olympic Boulevard were improved by as much
as 31% and eastbound on Pico Boulevard by 45%. That means commuters
will spend less time facing stop-and-go traffic or enduring the slow
crawl of cars clogging the 10 Freeway and most major streets.
