As Streetsblog points out, the Democratic Party’s platform lacks enthusiasm for providing alternatives to highways and cars, though the Obama administration has a solid record of policy innovation, including TIGER and the Sustainable Communities Initiative. But LA Mayor Villaraigosa, who chairs the Democratic National Convention, did get enthusiastic about TIFIA and Measure J, the extension of LA's transportation sales tax Measure R, at a Politico breakfast, and you can hear him about 35 minutes into this 45 minute video.

Watch the Politico Playbook breakfast with Mayor Villaraigosa on c-spanvideo.org.