NEWS

Measure R passed

11/28/08 — Sierra Club-endorsed Measure R has officially passed with a final count of 67.93% YES!

This new 1/2-cent sales tax for Los Angeles County transportation begins collection on July 1, 2009. Its funding breakdown is:

• 35% new Metro Rail and Bus Rapid Transit capital
• 3% Metrolink commuter rail capital
• 2% Metro Rail capital improvements to existing lines
• 5% Rail Operations
• 20% Bus Operations
• 20% Highway Capital
• 15% Local Return for streets, bikeways, pedestrian improvements

The transit projects funded for completion in its first ten years are:

1-A Expo Line phase 2, Culver City to Santa Monica, $925M, starting construction 2010, opening FY 2013-15
1-F Gold Line Foothill Extension, $735M, starting construction 2010, opening FY 2015-17
1-H Green Line LAX Extension, $200M, FY 2015-28
1-B Crenshaw Corridor, $1,207M, FY 2016-18
1-I S.F. Valley Canoga Corridor BRT, $182M, FY 2016-18
1-J S.F. Valley N-S Corridors BRT, $68.5M, FY 2016-18

With funding in place, we can focus on helping Metro's planning process complete their designs well and move forward to construction. And advocate for cities to fund bicycle and pedestrian projects with their Local Return share.

California High Speed Rail passed

11/5/08 — Proposition 1A bonds passed with 52.2% YES for the state's share of a High Speed Rail network from San Francisco to Anaheim, with extensions to Sacramento and San Diego, to match private and federal money.

Trains powered by domestic renewable electricity could reduce our oil dependence by 12.7 million barrels a year and eliminate 12 billion pounds of greenhouse gasses from many intra-state plane flights and long-distance car drives, using proven technology enjoyed in Europe and Asia.

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