House members voted 357 to 65 to approve the measure, which its authors said would provide $275 billion for highway construction, mass transit and safety programs over six years.
Also, construction on transit lines and new terminals will keep many areas in a state of near-paralysis for as long as five years.
Although the document will weigh in with scores of recommendations on housing, land preservation, road construction, mass transit, zoning and emergency preparation -- virtually every public issue facing the Island -- not even Dr. Koppelman expects the document to effect much change.
For example, I have successfully worked to increase green space construction, smart transit, green jobs, and the revenues industries pay to prevent toxic spills.
Reading no growth ballot language like the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative and Measure LV, which would crush needed affordable housing construction and transit-oriented development in Los Angeles and Santa Monica respectively, I want to scream.
In November 2008, Los Angeles County voters by a two-thirds majority approved a half-cent sales tax for the construction of mass transit and other critical transportation projects.
More than 100 cities have formulated 13th Five-Year Plans for 2016 2020 urban rail transit construction, which will generate a new phenomenon of simultaneous construction of urban rail transit in 100 cities.
I can think of various things: the building of public transit facilities, construction of environmental protection devices... any number of things that are needed where that talent and labor can be utilized".
The fund is used for highway construction and mass transit.
His signature on Mass Transit construction from New York to Atlanta.
