Food, Fitness and Democracy

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The Sustainable  Development  Report   Issue No. 8 : February 2012  ELP Advisors works with cities, agencies, stakeholders, foundations and business groups to craft strategies to grow thriving, healthy, vibrant communities.  Change in Leadership for Housing & Community Development      Cathy Creswell, head of the state's Housing and Community Development (HCD) agency left her post on February 14th. Ms. Creswell was with HCD for 25 years, and was appointed Acting Director of the department in January of 2011. She notes that her time at HCD had given her the opportunity "to work with the most dedicated, compassionate, and talented professionals and advocates in the world."   Ms. Creswell will be succeeded by Linn Warren. Mr. Warren was formerly Program Director at the California Housing Finance Agency and served as Chief of Multifamily Lending from 1990 to 1995. Human Infographic     This is what happens when GOOD attacks traffic: leagues of hip-looking young adults come together on the streets of downtown L.A. to show us how small actions can have a big impact.     In a city where drivers spend 72 hours a year stuck in traffic, it's hard to believe that if just three percent of our drivers changed modes (bicycling, walking, transit), traffic would move 15 percent faster. For this, and other fun factoids, check out the video here. Infill Development CEQA Overhaul     The Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) recently announced public workshops to solicit comments on new CEQA regulations for infill development [PDF]. The proposed guidelines, part of the implementation of SB 226, would streamline the CEQA review process for infill projects, outlining new standards that will determine a project's eligibility for a speedier review. To see the proposals and review the new performance standard click here.   The workshops will be held on February 21st in Sacramento, February 22nd in Fresno, and February 23rd in Los Angeles. Events     UCLA Ziman Center's California's Urbanscape: A New Paradigm for Redevelopment in the 21st Century Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Los Angeles, CA   Edward R. Roybal Memorial Lecture on Aging in Place Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Los Angeles, CA  -- Featuring Henry G. Cisneros, Executive Chairman of CityView   LA on the Verge of a Transit Breakthrough: Move LA's 4th Annual Transportation Conversation Friday, February 24, 2012 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Los Angeles, CA    Complete Streets for California Conference 2012 Friday, March 2, 2012  Los Angeles, CA  8:00 a.m.        Growth, Innovation, and the Accelerating Pace of Urban Life: Are 21st Century Cities Sustainable? Wednesday, March 7, 2012  Los Angeles, CA       ULI Urban Marketplace 2012 Wednesday, March 7, 2012 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Los Angeles, CA -- Featuring ELP's Cecilia Estolano    California Water Policy Conference March 8-9, 2012 Los Angeles, CA   Good Jobs Green Jobs Los Angeles Regional Conference March 15-16, 2012 Los Angeles, CA     315 W. 9th Street, Suite 1010  Los Angeles, CA 90015  Phone: 213-612-4545  Fax: 213-488-3468   www.elpadvisors.com www.lesardevelopment.com    Food, Fitness and Democracy   As we slowly recover from the traditional Valentine's Day chocolate hangover, we're thinking that if "food is love" then the growing movement around increasing access to fresh and healthy food is spreading a powerful message in some of our most underserved communities.   This month we're highlighting one of the most exciting strands in the sustainable economic development movement - the diverse and dynamic efforts to re-organize our relationship to food production, distribution and consumption in order "to reduce hunger, improve public health, increase equity in our communities, create good jobs, stimulate local economic activity, and foster environmental stewardship."   And as we're trying to make healthier food options available to more people, we think it only makes sense that we also try to invest more in the bicycle and pedestrian improvements that will ease traffic, increase fitness and make our communities more livable. We hope that when the dust clears on the federal transportation reauthorization bill, our spending priorities will have shifted to a more sustainable path.   Perhaps Congress might benefit from the kind of Participatory Budgeting exercise that cities across North America are using to engage taxpayers in deciding how to allocate scarce public dollars. Here's a vote for a new twist on democracy.   Sincerely yours,   Cecilia V. Estolano | Jennifer LeSar | Katherine Aguilar Perez Linking Health and Sustainability  The fresh and local food movement is one of the most vibrant forces sweeping through urban communities in the U.S. From  urban farms in Detroit, green carts in New York, to North Carolina's 10 percent campaign, residents throughout the nation are being exposed to the benefits of locally sourced food. When coupled with a broader healthy communities agenda, the push for better access to fresh produce and locally produced food holds the promise of fundamentally transforming a multi-billion dollar industry. It also has the potential to drive demand for more sustainable communities.   Communities and policy makers alike are taking note of these trends, advocating for increased mobility options (public transit, walking, biking) and increasing access to healthy fruits and vegetables, particularly in historically underserved communities. Throughout California, a number of organizations are working on adopting healthy community strategies, receiving awards to transform communities, developing models for sustainable regional food systems, and increasing awareness among youth about the importance of leading healthy lifestyles.   Groups throughout the state are receiving funding to implement healthy communities strategies. The Mayor of Baldwin Park recently teamed up with First Lady Michelle Obama and a number of funders, spearheaded by the California Endowment, to announce  FreshWorks. The $200-million program will "provide financing at or below market rates to encourage grocers to set up shop in underserved communities" throughout the state, according to the L.A. Times. Promoted, in part, as an economic development tool, the program is expected to create or retain 6,000 jobs in California and spur innovation in food retailing. As part of the program, First Lady Michelle Obama announced the first major investment: $20 million to bring "new grocery stores into City Heights, Inglewood and South Los Angeles."   In addition, the Los Angeles County Department of Health (LACDH) received $9.8 million dollars from the Centers for Disease Control as part of the U.S. Health & Human Services Community Transformation Grants (CTG). LACDH will use the money to support existing community initiatives aimed at reducing tobacco use, improving nutrition and increasing physical activity. Grant recipients include the City of Baldwin Park, where funds will support youth-led efforts to ban junk food in Baldwin Park public schools, and finance "Healthy Selection" product aisles in existing businesses.   Baldwin Park is also part of the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Cities Campaign. The organization works with municipalities throughout California to "help city officials adopt policies that improve their communities' physical activity and retail food environments." They are working with over 100 California cities to make recommendations on land use, healthy food, and employee wellness policies. Among their built environment recommendations, the organization urges cities to invest in projects that increase opportunities for physical activity, address walking and bicycling connectivity issues in their communities, and to include health goals and policies related to physical activity in general plan updates. The organization also invites cities to build incentives for development project proposals that demonstrate a "favorable impact on resident and employee physical activity."   Organizations in Los Angeles are promoting healthy community strategies to increase access to "good" food, promote physical activity, and to use local food sourcing as an economic development tool. In 2009, the City of Los Angeles created a Food Policy Council to increase the availability of fresh produce in the city and region-wide. Founding Chair of the Council, Paula Daniels notes that California leads the nation in agricultural imports, yet "very little of the food that is produced in the region is consumed in the urban core. Over one million L.A. County residents suffer from food insecurity." To address these issues, the Council envisions the re-invigoration of our local and regional food system - strengthening our network of small and mid-size growers and connecting them to end customers in Los Angeles.   You don't necessarily need to know what a Regional Food Hub is, or what exactly goes into conducting a foodshed assessment, or how to

Mayoral Candidate Forums: Corrected Version

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Mayoral Candidate Forums Sponsored by AIA (Note:  Earlier version of this notice contained an incorrect link to AIA website page) As you know, the mayor has a great deal of influence in zoning and land use matters through the power to appoint  members of the City Planning Commission and Area Planning Commissions, as well as the heads of the Planning Department and other key city agencies.  Virtually all significant sign regulations and projects involving signage are influenced by these commissions and individuals, so the views of the mayor are very important to the future of the city's visual environment and the effect of outdoor advertising and other forms of signage on communities and neighborhoods. The L.A. chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA/LA) has helped oppose the predatory practices of the outdoor advertising industry by supporting more stringent regulations on billboards and other forms of signage.  Beginning this coming Friday, Feb. 17, the group is sponsoring a series of public forums with candidates for mayor in the 2013 elections.  Those forums will offer community leaders and individuals concerned with the saturation of our public spaces with commercial advertising an opportunity to seek the candidates' views on this important issue. Should we allow ads in parks and other public facilities?  What about digital signage, on the city convention center and elsewhere?  What should be done about digital billboards that were put up without any notice or public hearings?  What kind of benefits should communities receive from developers wanting massive amounts of new advertising signage in sign districts? Please take this opportunity to ask these and other questions of the candidates.  The currently scheduled forums are as follows: Friday, February 17 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Jan Perry Friday, February 24 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Austin Beutner Friday, March 2 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Kevin James Friday, March 9 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Wendy Greuel Friday, March 16 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Eric http://www.aialosangeles.org/article/aia-los-angeles-organizes-a-series-of-mayoral-candidate-forumsGarcetti All forums will be held at the Ron Deaton Civic Auditorium at the downtown L.A. police headquarters at 100 W. 1st St.  For more information, and advance registration,  go to the AIA/LA website. Do You Think L.A.'s visual environment is degraded by too much commercial advertising? Sign up for regular news items, website updates, and alerts about actions you can take to bring control of our public visual spaces back to the people, where it belongs. Already on our mailing list? Forward this newsletter to anyone you know who may be interested in the issue. Ban Billboard Blight  is a California-registered non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers.  But maintaining a website, putting out mailings, and preparing materials for meetings and hearings are just some of things we have to spend money on.  For details on how you can help by making a donation, go here. You are receiving this e-mail because you signed up at our website, or otherwise expressed an interest in the issue of outdoor advertising. Unsubscribe will@aialosangeles.org from this list. Our mailing address is: Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight 2700 Military Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90064 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2012 Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile

Mayoral Candidate Forums

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Mayoral Candidate Forums Sponsored by AIA As you know, the mayor has a great deal of influence in zoning and land use matters through the power to appoint  members of the City Planning Commission and Area Planning Commissions, as well as the heads of the Planning Department and other key city agencies.  Virtually all significant sign regulations and projects involving signage are influenced by these commissions and individuals, so the views of the mayor are very important to the future of the city's visual environment and the effect of outdoor advertising and other forms of signage on communities and neighborhoods. The L.A. chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA/LA) has helped oppose the predatory practices of the outdoor advertising industry by supporting more stringent regulations on billboards and other forms of signage.  Beginning this coming Friday, Feb. 17, the group is sponsoring a series of public forums with candidates for mayor in the 2013 elections.  Those forums will offer community leaders and individuals concerned with the saturation of our public spaces with commercial advertising an opportunity to seek the candidates' views on this important issue. Should we allow ads in parks and other public facilities?  What about digital signage, on the city convention center and elsewhere?  What should be done about digital billboards that were put up without any notice or public hearings?  What kind of benefits should communities receive from developers wanting massive amounts of new advertising signage in sign districts? Please take this opportunity to ask these and other questions of the candidates.  The currently scheduled forums are as follows: Friday, February 17 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Jan Perry Friday, February 24 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Austin Beutner Friday, March 2 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Kevin James Friday, March 9 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Wendy Greuel Friday, March 16 (7pm - 9pm) - Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti For more information, and advance registration,  go to the AIA/LA website. Do You Think L.A.'s visual environment is degraded by too much commercial advertising? Sign up for regular news items, website updates, and alerts about actions you can take to bring control of our public visual spaces back to the people, where it belongs. Already on our mailing list? Forward this newsletter to anyone you know who may be interested in the issue. Ban Billboard Blight  is a California-registered non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers.  But maintaining a website, putting out mailings, and preparing materials for meetings and hearings are just some of things we have to spend money on.  For details on how you can help by making a donation, go here. You are receiving this e-mail because you signed up at our website, or otherwise expressed an interest in the issue of outdoor advertising. Unsubscribe will@aialosangeles.org from this list. Our mailing address is: Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight 2700 Military Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90064 Add us to your address book Copyright (C) 2012 Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight All rights reserved. Forward this email to a friend Update your profile

COMMENT ON SCAG's RTP by VALENTINE'S DAY

Send a Love Letter to Better Transportation & Land Use

by Mark Vallianatos

Why you should comment on the draft SCAG 2012-2035 regional transportation plan/ sustainable communities strategy.

What is the RTP?

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The SCAG 2012 to 2035 Regional Transportation Plan/ Sustainable Communities Strategy  is a $525 billion, 23 year transportation and land use blueprint for the six county, expected-to-grow-to 22 million person Southern California Associations of Governments region. The 230 page draft report, 446 page list of projects to fund,642 page environmental impact report, and numerous appendixes lay out a vision for transportation and land use in the greater Los Angeles region along with a plan to raise and spend over $520 billion to maintain, operate and expand transportation infrastructure through 2035.

Comments on the draft plan are due by 5pm on Valentine’s day, February 14, 2012. I’d encourage everyone interested in the future of streets, transit, sustainability or the built environment in the region to submit comments by emailing RTP@scag.ca.gov While not everything in the draft plan will get implemented, the RTP is a strong indicator of how transportation agencies, counties and cities will prioritize investments in transportation. If there are harmful or wasteful projects slated to be funded, you should encourage SCAG to drop them. If you want local governments to prioritize different transportation investment, you should let SCAG know. If you have ideas for other ways to improve mobility, to raise funds to pay for transportation, to encourage more sustainable land uses (especially housing patterns and locations), or otherwise transform how we move people and products, let them know.

I hope that some Streetsblog readers will check out the project list to see and comment on what is planned – and what is left out- for your part of the region and/or for the transportation sector(s) that you know best. For my comments, which I summarize below, I’ve tried to focus on the improved mobility and more sustainable neighborhoods that I hope to see evolve over the next 25 years. If the draft plan moves us in that direction, I’ll acknowledge the positive elements of the plan. Where the draft plan falls short or moves in the wrong direction, I’ll suggest changes.

A Vision for the Future

So what are some compelling but achievable long term visions for transportation and land use in the region? Mine would include:

• Rapid implementation of more balanced transportation options. The region is still far from recovering from a frenzy of car-based development. The SCAG region has 21,638 center-line miles of road  (55,890 lane miles of roads), 4315 miles of bikeways of varied quality (almost zero of it protected lanes on streets), and 470 miles of passenger trains (only 80 miles of which is light rail/subway, the rest metrolink). Opportunities and infrastructure to walk, bike, and take transit should be rapidly expanded so residents have choices for how to get around.
• Transportation that doesn’t kill us, make us sick, or destroy the future. Moving people by cars and materials by trucks and diesel trains and separating where we live from where we work and shopproduces fatal collisions,  cancer and heart disease, obesity and diabetes  and climate change, with a disparate impact on residents of low income neighborhoods bisected by highways and living near ports, warehouses, railyards and intermodal facilities. Shifting to active transportation and safer streets; insisting on zero emission technologies; promoting walkable land uses; and taxing polluting forms of transportation to pay for clean mobility options can help ensure we are not harmed by our transportation systems.
• Streets for people, not roads for cars. Streets are our most important public spaces so let’s reconfigure them to be vibrant, safe, healthy places rather than sewers for cars. Why can’t we get some world class street designs implemented in this region, like the models for South Figueroa showcased by myfigueroa last year? At the least we deserve slower speed limits, more cross walks, and better sidewalks, not to mention more murals and legal street food.
• A network of rapid buses as the primary way to travel Los Angeles in a vehicle. I like Jarrett Walker’s vision for Los Angeles streets in 2030  “Indeed, the Rapid has come to feel like a subway on the surface.  Nothing gets in its way, so it glides smoothly from one stop to the next past all the frustrations of other traffic.  In fact, the Rapid is the only reliable way to travel down most of the great boulevards of LA, if you’re going further than you can cycle.  And because it works, all kinds of people ride it.”
• Good places rather than more sprawl. People are drawn to diversity in the built environment,  so municipalities should legalize interesting, mixed-use neighborhoods by getting rid of zoning rules that restrict mixed use development to a small fraction of cities’ land area. Governments should also not be contributing a single cent towards more sprawl so I’d like to see an end to road building and the provision of public sewers or utilities ingreenfield, exurban areas of the region.
• An expansive network of protected bike lanes. The cycling rate in greater Los Angeles is pitifully low, although growing, with a severe gender imbalance. The main reason for this is likely that most people will not ride bicycles in traffic (or separated from traffic by a painted line). In the developed world, every nation with high rates of cycling has separated bike facilities while every nation with low cycling rates lacks this infrastructure. Let’s start creating a network of protected bike lanes/ cycletracks in all urbanized areas of Southern California, like the Dutch did beginning in the mid 1970s. I realize that protected lanes are frowned upon by state street engineering standards but this is a 23 year plan so we can assume that separated facilities will be legalized.
• Expanded passenger rail for mobility and as hubs of walkable neighborhoods. New light rail in Los Angeles County has been one of the main positive trends in transportation and land use in the region. Planned and new lines should be rapidly built to fill in gaps in the system. From light rail to high speed rail, new lines and stations should be designed to encourage walkable, mixed use development, more affordable housing, and last mile connections by bike and foot (rather than land-wasting parking lots).
• Less space for cars and trucks. Roads and parking currently take up too much of our land, which encourages car-based transportation and all the problems that accompany it. Driving increases when roads are constructed, lengthened or widened. Yes, it is that simple.  So we should not be building any new road space anywhere in the SCAG region. Instead we should remove space for cars by planning for freeway removal as smart cities are doing around the world;  implementing road diets to give car lanes to pedestrians, bikes and buses; barring cars from city centers either permanently or regularly as part of expanded ciclavias; and  ending all minimum parking requirements.

Comments on draft RTP

While I don’t think that the draft RTP moves far enough towards this improved transportation and land use end goal,  I would like to acknowledge some of the positive elements of the draft plan.

• The planning process took account of the relationship between transportation, land use,  sustainability, environmental justice and economic development.
• The draft plan calls for significant investments in transit construction, operations and maintenance.
• The draft plan increases investments in active transportation compared to previous RTPs.
• The draft plan anticipates that vehicle miles traveled will increase less than population growth.
• The sustainable communities strategy quantifies how different forms of growth will have very different impacts on sprawl, energy and water use and other sustainability indicators.
• The draft plan anticipates adoption of zero emission technologies towards the end of the plan time frame.
• The draft plan supports high speed rail.
• The draft plan anticipates a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in line with the goals of SB 375.
• The single largest anticipated funding source in the draft plan is implementation of a fee on driving or an increase in the gas tax, either of which would discourage driving.
• Much of the new highway space proposed in the draft plan is toll roads, HOV lanes, or HOT lanes (open to HOV or Tolls) and therefore may lead to less new, induced driving than the provision of free, multiuse lanes.

I think there are some major areas in which the RTP should be strengthened or modified

1. Increase investments in active transportation from the $6 billion budgeted to the approximately $40 billion recommended by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to fix sidewalks, implement jurisdictions’ bike plans; and invest in last mile infrastructure near transit stations.
2. Budget an additional $1 billion for the construction of 1000-2000 miles of protected bike lines to increase rates of cycling among non traditional cyclists  (protected lanes recently constructed in Long Beach cost approximately $580,000 per mile).
3. Expand and accelerate transit investments so all planned transit projects in the RTP are constructed by 2022. Existing and new transit services should be funded so as to be affordable with frequent service.
4. Do not add any lane miles of highways or major arterials,  because as Duranton and Turner have shown, “For interstate highways in the densest parts of metropolitan areas we find that vkt increases in exact proportion to highways, confirming the ‘fundamental law of highway congestion’ suggested by Downs(1962, 1992). This relationship also approximately holds for other important roads in dense areas and for interstate highways in less dense parts of metropolitan areas.”  The SCAG region currently (base year 2008) has 21,638 miles of road and 55,890 lane miles of roads. The draft RTP anticipates adding 948 centerline miles/ 7419 lanes miles which would be a 4.4%/ 11.1% increase.  Converting mixed flow lanes to toll, HOV or HOT lanes or converting HOV lanes to toll or HOT lanes would be acceptable.
5. Pay for additional active transportation and transit investments by cancelling highway expansion projects and by increasing fees on driving. I believe that the dozen most expensive road expansion projects in the RTP are: east west freight corridor ($15.2 billion),  Riverside to Orange County CETAP ($13 billion), high desert corridor ($6.9 billion), 710 corridor expansion ($6.1 billion), 710 gap closure ($5.6 billion), 5 north capacity enhancements ($5.3 billion), 241 expansion ($2.7 billion), mid county parkway ($2.3 billion), 15 widening ($ 1.7 billion), 405 widening in Orange County ($1.7 billion), 5 widening ($1.6 billion), and 79 expansion ($1.4 billion). Building these highways projects will expand driving, while cancelling them will allow $63.5 billion to be spent on active transportation and transit.
6. Adopt alternative 3 (the envision 2 alternative) smart growth land use and housing patterns) rather than the planned project.  This alternative version of the plan relies on smart growth land use and housing patterns to achieve superior environmental results in air quality, aesthetics, open space and farmland preservation, water conservation, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, mobility, and land use.
7. Encourage sensitive densification of existing single family zoned areas by encouraging municipalities to allow cottage housing, duplexes, accessory dwellings, and small lot subdivisions in R-1 zones.
8. Encourage all jurisdictions to eliminate mandatory parking minimums for existing and new buildings.
9. Set a goal to reduce rather than expand vehicle miles travelled within the region. Vehicle Miles travelled in the baseline year 2008 was 445,844 daily, approximately half on freeways, half on arterial roads. SCAG calculates that this number will rise to 546,806 daily by 2035 without any changes to roads (a 22.6 % increase). Under their plan, VMT will still rise, to 516,990 (16% increase). They also anticipate that VMT for trucks will grow even faster, expanding from 30,201 to 53,431 under their 2035 plan (a 76.9% increase).
10. Plan for highway removal or modification. Learning from cities removing highwayshttp://www.cnu.org/highways/freewayswithoutfutures2012 , agencies and municipalities should plan to remove, cover or alter and reclassify as arterials highways that divide communities, negatively impact valuable natural resources such as rivers and coasts, or channel excessive traffic into neighborhoods. Freeway stubs such as the 710 N above the 10 or the 2 as it approaches Silverlake are ripe for removal or conversion and the 101 through downtown Los Angeles has been the subject of advocacy for capping for a park.
11. Do not invest in goods movement roads and rail expansion in the hopes that zero emission technologies will emerge decades later. Invest more in zero emissions trucks and locomotives now as a precondition before expanding freight infrastructure. Otherwise impacted communities will continue to suffer disproportionately from pollution from good movement.
12. Price driving and parking to reflect the externalities of car and truck use. There are a variety of methods for increasing the price of driving, some of which are contemplated in the RTP’s financial plan.  Higher gas taxes, carbon taxes, charges based on miles driven, appropriately and dynamically priced parking, andcongestion charges aimed at commuters entering central city areas are all useful policies.

URGENT: Call your reps TODAY to save transit, bike & ped funds

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ACTION ALERT!                      February 9th, 2012 Urgent Action Alert from TransForm - - - - -   The House version of the federal transportation bill is awful... and must be stopped. All across the country, people are calling Washington today to send a message: cutting designated transit, bicycle and pedestrian funding is not an option. Take two minutes to help us overwhelm the House now. We knew the House of Representative's version of the draft federal transportation bill would be bad. But we never thought it would be this bad. Their draft bill, HR 7, would eliminate all dedicated bicycle and pedestrian programs. It gets worse. The House Ways and Means Committee is now trying to force all the revenue from gas taxes to be used only for roads. For decades transit has received about 20% of fuel tax receipts, meaning billions in guaranteed funding for buses, trains, and ferries. Without these funds, transit would have to go begging before Congress for general funds each year. HR 7 is a far cry from the bipartisan, transportation choices-friendly Senate version of the bill authored by California's Senator Boxer. Almost everyone hates HR 7, except big oil, the trucking industry, and sprawl developers. So let's stop HR 7 in its tracks. Today, as part of the Transportation For America campaign, thousands of people across the country are calling their Congress members and telling them to oppose HR 7.  We have a script and way for you to quickly look up your House member.  Please take two minutes and help bring sanity back to the federal transportation bill debate. Thanks for helping us send a strong message from across the country, Marta Lindsey Communications Director TransForm 436 14th Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612 510.740.3150 x321    .

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