Mobility 21: Rally for Measure J
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The Week in Livable Streets Events
By Damien Newton |
Here we are at the week that connects Carmageddon to CicLAvia. It’s bound to be a strange one, right? Tuesday – At 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, Mobility 21 hosts a “rally for Measure J” in Downtown Los Angeles. With just over a month left in the election season, business and labor interests are finally beginning […]
Garcetti to Mobility 21: We’re Planning for the Next Measure R Campaign
By Damien Newton |
Video provided by the Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti This morning, Eric Garcetti delivered a video message to the 1,000 attendees of Mobility 21’s 12 Annual Transportation Conference. The Mayor, in Washington D.C. to try and raise more funds for local and regional transit projects, stressed some familiar themes: America Fast Forward, Great Streets, Measure […]
Who Is Lining Up to Fight Measure M
By Damien Newton |
So far, most of Streetsblog L.A.’s coverage of Measure M, Metro’s sales tax proposal that will be on the fall ballot, has been positive. With our eyes fixed on graphics showing the growth of our rail and rapid bus network, a robust active transportation funding program, and some flexibility in the language allocating highway funding; […]
Boxer, Villaraigosa, Talk to Mobility 21 About Local Infrastructure Crisis
By Lindsey Miller |
On Friday, transportation professionals, elected officials, and businesses gathered in Anaheim for the Mobility 21 Summit to discuss strategies to improve transportation and mobility in Southern California. One of the main themes of the event was the region’s failing transportation infrastructure, and fittingly, it took place on the eve of Carmageddon. The full weekend closure […]
Beyond the Spin, Breaking Down Measure J
By Damien Newton |
On Monday, October 15, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was feeling good. The Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, which includes the Daily News, Daily Breeze, Long Beach Press-Telegram, SGV Tribune and Pasadena Star-News, had endorsed Measure J. In front of the hundreds of transit advocates and professionals at Railvolution, a sales tax extension […]
Measure R++? Maybe in 2014. Probably in 2016
By Damien Newton |
In November of 2012, the Measure J ballot initiative went down to a narrow defeat despite garnering over 66% of the vote. Measure J would have extended the 2008 Measure R sales tax so that further bonding would be possible and promised transit projects could be completed sooner. From pretty much the moment the final […]