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45-Day Public Review Period
March 12 – April 25, 2008
You’re Invited! Metro has released the Draft 2008 Long Range Transportation Plan.
Your input is crucial as we imagine our future together. We invite you to attend a meeting in your community and make your voice heard.
45-Day Public Review Meeting Schedule
March 26, 2008, 6:30pm
Westside Cities
Plummer Park
7377 Santa Monica Bl
West Hollywood, CA 90046
March 27, 2008, 6:30pm
Central Los Angeles
Metro Headquarters
One Gateway Plaza, Board Room – Third Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
April 3, 2008, 6pm
South Bay Cities
Carson Community Center, Room 107
801 East Carson St
Carson, CA 90745
April 8, 2008, 6pm
San Gabriel Valley
Potrero Heights Elementary School
8026 East Hill Dr
Rosemead, CA 91770
April 10, 2008, 6pm
Gateway Cities
Progress Park Plaza West
15500 Downey Av
Paramount, CA 90723
April 22, 2008, 6:30pm
North Los Angeles County
Larry Chimbole Cultural Center, Lilac Room – First Floor
38350 Sierra Highway
Palmdale, CA 93550
April 23, 2008, 6pm
San Fernando Valley
Marvin Braude Constituent Service Center, Room 1B
6262 Van Nuys Bl
Van Nuys, CA 91401
For more information please call the Long Range Transportation Plan Hotline at 213.922.2833 or go to metro.net/longrangeplan.
If you are not able to attend, and would like to comment, please send an e-mail to metroplan@metro.net, or write to us. Comments must be postmarked by April 25, 2008.
Send us your comments:
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Countywide Planning & Development
Attn: Robert M. Cálix, Transportation Program Manager
One Gateway Plaza
Mail Stop: 99-23-2
Los Angeles, CA 90012-2952
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Imagining a Traffic-Free Future
Imagine not worrying about getting stuck in traffic going to work, school, play or even routine errands. No frazzled nerves. No hunting for shortcuts. No Sig alerts. No standard excuse for being late. You can get where you want to go, when you want to get there anywhere in sprawling Los Angeles County.
You can make it happen. You’re already taking the first step by seeking more information about traffic congestion and what can be done about it. You now know that Metro has a plan to handle the county’s mobility needs today through the year 2030.
The draft Long Range Transportation Plan prioritizes dozens of new highway and public transit projects in virtually every corner of Los Angeles County. Freeway gap closures, construction of carpool lanes, interchange improvements and truck lanes would complement new public transit projects including busways, freeway express service, and rail lines to handle the county’s population and job growth through the year 2030.
Metro welcomes your input on this plan and any ideas you have for achieving the goal of hassle-free mobility. Community meetings are held frequently and you can even chat on the Internet with Metro Board Chair Pam O’Connor. Look to metro.net for more information about Pam’s monthly live chats.
A lot has been done in the past decade to ease traffic in the Los Angeles region. In fact, the Texas Transportation Institute recently applauded the multi-pronged approach Metro, Caltrans and their transportation partners have taken to relieve congestion. While this region remains the nation’s most congested, it also ranks number one in terms of operational improvements that squeeze more capacity out of our streets and highways and number three in savings as a result of our expanding public transportation system.
Clearly, this comprehensive approach is effective. We just need to do more. A lot more. We’re ready. But it takes money and public commitment. With Washington and Sacramento strapped for funds, there has been a grassroots movement among local business and community leaders and elected officials to explore creative ways of financing the dream of hassle-free mobility. Among options being considered are public-private partnerships, toll roads, developer mitigation fees, higher parking rates, levying carbon taxes on polluting vehicles and other measures including a new half-cent sales tax for transportation.
Surely, there must be a lot more debate before any decision is made on proposing new fees or taxes for transportation improvements. Metro will help facilitate that discussion through public meetings like the you’ve attended today, and by providing solid facts and options for public consideration, including what it will cost taxpayers to keep our region mobile and realize a traffic-free future.