Metro Board Members Thank Voters for Approving Measure R

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Measure R was approved by voters by a margin of 67.4 percent to 32.6 percent. Because it increases Los Angeles County sales tax, the measure needed a two-thirds supermajority to pass. Measure R is expected to provide the local resources to finance new transportation projects and accelerate those already in the pipeline. Over 30 years, it is projected to generate $40 billion for traffic congestion relief projects including bus and rail expansion, street and highway improvements, commuter rail upgrades and other transportation projects and programs.

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• Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• LACMTA
• Metro
• Measure R
• Transit
• Sales Tax

[LosAngelesBeauty]

Great job Villaraigosa! Keep fighting for the subway down Wilshire Blvd. (Subway to the Sea). Imagine a subway connecting Downtown LA with the ocean! Not only providing access to Koreatown, but LACMA, Beverly Hills, Century City, UCLA/Westwood, Brentwood, and Santa Monica! The entire county will have access to the best LA offers via Union Station and Metrolink. Yes on Measure R!

[LosAngelesBeauty]

LA has finally woken up! The fact that people have decided to vote Yes on Measure R and against Antonovich, Molina, and Knabe, means that Angelenos realize that we cannot continue to sit in traffic while 3 out 5 Supervisors put more energy fighting solutions than coming up with any answers to solve our unbearable traffic with LITTLE to NO alternatives in mass transit options. LA needs to catch up with the rest of the world as cities like Shanghai and Beijing continue to build mass transit.