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You are an optimist, in so ca, it hasn't worked.Bottom line is that Californians are not going to switch over to mass transit, it been tried and it's failed. They like their vehicles.The major arteries are gridlocked at all hours. I remember trying to drive to LAX at 4:30 in the morning and still hitting traffic.RW, lived in that area for over 40 years.....they like their cars, mass transit has been a bust every time.Been to LA many timesWith a stroke of his pen, California Governor Gavin Newsom has redirected part of the money you pay at the pump with the state’s gas tax to the railway system and other projects.
Assemblyman Patterson says, “One of the very first things Governor Newsom decides to do, is put forward an executive order and his people at Caltrans have decided they are going to terminate addition north and south freeway lanes on Highway 99 in Tulare and Madera County. I’m almost speechless with response to this.”
Assemblyman Patterson says, “When you pay for gas and you pay a gas tax, a railroad is not a highway. This is bait and switch. This is saying one thing and doing something else. I just think all who represent California both Democrats and Republicans have better step up and stand up and say Mr. Governor you can’t do this.”
CBS47 Investigation: Gov. Newsom redirects gas tax money. It won’t fund highways, railway system
It really is the ol' bait and switch....and the Ca. taxpayer once again is getting screwed.
This is liberalism on display
Their highway system is overburdened and air pollution has always been a problem. For one of our largest cities, their mass transit is almost nonexistent. Using gas tax to improve mass transit is a wise choice
Californians live in SF and they take BART, even the Cable Cars
If the transit system is well planned out and accessible, it will be used
I bet the Californians can't wait for the other shoe to drop
when they say they need more tax revenue to pay for it.