http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/10/metro-wants-developers-to-pay-congestion-mitigation-fee/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/10/metro-wants-developers-to-pay-congestion-mitigation-fee/comment-page-1/#comment-644 LAofAnaheim Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:57:39 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/10/metro-wants-developers-to-pay-congestion-mitigation-fee/#comment-644 It would be nice if the focus on fees was for transit development and not "adding left turn lanes", or "widening roads" as has been the norm. It would be nice if the focus on fees was for transit development and not “adding left turn lanes”, or “widening roads” as has been the norm.

]]> http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/10/metro-wants-developers-to-pay-congestion-mitigation-fee/comment-page-1/#comment-643 John von Kerczek Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:51:38 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/04/10/metro-wants-developers-to-pay-congestion-mitigation-fee/#comment-643 This is very much a corollary to efforts to challenge entrenched automobile entitlements. The book City For Sale by Chester Hartman recounts how San Francisco's efforts to get downtown developers to pony up for transit funding and expansion was sidelined because so many of SF's politicians were bankrolled by the development industry. I hope LA has more success but I wonder how this will square with the mayor's, shall we say, <i>enthusiastic</i> stoking of the growth machine. This is very much a corollary to efforts to challenge entrenched automobile entitlements. The book City For Sale by Chester Hartman recounts how San Francisco’s efforts to get downtown developers to pony up for transit funding and expansion was sidelined because so many of SF’s politicians were bankrolled by the development industry. I hope LA has more success but I wonder how this will square with the mayor’s, shall we say, enthusiastic stoking of the growth machine.

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