Thanks to all 528 of you who participated in our 5^thannual transportation conversation with labor leaders, CEOs of chambers and business federations, environmental and community leaders, and elected officials from cities, the county and the state.

Major take-aways:

• There is keen interest across the board in accelerating construction of our transit system, and all 4 mayoral candidates supported this.


• Everybody is on board to go back to Congress to secure financing tools to accelerate construction, including America Fast Forward bonds.


• There is keen interest in lowering the voter threshold – LA County voters have shown this twice with more than 66% voting for both Measure R and Measure J (71% voted for Measure J in the City of Los Angeles).


• There is keen interest in re-inventing redevelopment – utilizing tax increment financing within a half mile of high-frequency transit to pay for affordable housing, bike/ped projects and  improvements such as parks and plazas.


• Residents of the City of Los Angeles applaud LA Mayor Villaraigosa for creating a Transit Corridors Cabinet to focus resources, policy and improvements along transit corridors.