Writer Laura Nelson wrote a second story about the Move LA's March 28 6th annual Transportation Conversation in the LA Times on Saturday, noting that the tax proposal under discussion could raise an estimated $90 billion over 45 years (the Measure R sales tax is expected to raise $36 billion over 30 years) and cost the average resident 25-30 cents a day. While the Metro Board has not yet decided whether to put a measure on the ballot the extra tax money could be used to build a light rail link to Burbank's Bob Hope Airport, convert the Orange Line BRT to rail, and extend the Green Line through South Bay cities to connect to the Blue Line in Long Beach. "What we're doing here is trying to figure out what wins," Move LA Executive Director Denny Zane told the audience of 550.
Read more in the LA Times.
Read more in the LA Times.
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