WASHINGTON POST: THIS IS WHAT FANTASY PLANS FOR 21ST CENTURY PUBLIC TRANSIT SHOULD LOOK LIKE

Nope, not talking about LA County's Measure R2 plans, but about Chicago's "Transit Future" campaign, which was inspired by LA's success with Measure R and launched last week with the help of former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Move LA Executive Director Denny Zane. Writer Emily Badger (formerly with The Atlantic Cities) asks, "So what do you do if you're a city with a 100-year-old rail network that no longer takes residents where they need to go, maybe across town instead of downtown, maybe out to the suburbs beyond the last stop?" The answer? The $20 million "Transit Future" campaign, modeled after LA County's Measure R campaign.

Read more on the Washington Post's wonkblog.

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