CALLING ALL LOS ANGELES
COMMUTERS!
Take action! Make
your voice
heard!
If you are tired of sitting in traffic... If you
are tired of waiting for traffic relief you are paying
for... then let Sacramento know about
it.
I am asking you to
call or email the state transportation commission directly,
and make your voice heard. You can reach the commission directly by phone at
916-654-4245 or by email at mailto:California_Transportation_Commission@dot.ca.gov?subject=405
Freeway and other traffic relief for Los
Angeles! .
Los
Angeles commuters lose more than two work weeks
per year sitting in traffic. We have more people commuting in more single passenger
cars than any other urban region in America.
And unfortunately, some of
our neighborhoods – especially those along the 405 corridor –
are synonymous with gridlock.
We are working hard
and doing everything we can to reduce congestion on our roads
and highways. We are adding convenient, reliable public transportation
alternatives to the single-passenger vehicle,
synchronizing every traffic
light in the city, cracking
down on illegal parking during rush hour, adding hundreds of
left turn signals and deploying traffic officers to our most
congested intersections. But we still need major investment to open our clogged
roads and freeways.
Last year, state leaders offered a
solution – a $20 billion transportation bond billed to reduce
traffic congestion in our gridlocked cities.
The people of Los Angeles
overwhelmingly voted for the transportation bond in good faith
that the promises of traffic relief would be kept.
But under current
recommendations, Los Angeles commuters would get the short end
of the stick.
Under a proposal being considered by state
officials, Los Angeles County would not receive its fair share
of traffic relief
dollars. 28% of
California's residents live in L.A. County,
and Los Angeles County
is burdened with one-third of the state's traffic
congestion. Yet under
the state transportation commission’s proposal, L.A. County
would receive less than 12% of the funding currently
available.
The proposal even denies funding
for the much needed northbound carpool lane on the 405 – a
project that would benefit nearly 400,000 Westside and Valley
commuters everyday, and save them seven
million hours of sitting in traffic every
year.
No matter how you cut it, this proposal
leaves commuters of Los Angeles severely short-changed.
Los Angeles commuters need to be heard
in Sacramento.
Take action!
Make your voice heard!
You can
call or email the state
transportation commission directly by phone at 916-654-4245 or by email at
mailto:California_Transportation_Commission@dot.ca.gov?subject=405
Freeway and other traffic relief for Los
Angeles! .
