UPDATE

  • Read the formal comments submitted to the FTA informed by the conference by clicking here.

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and PolicyLink present:

New Ideas for New Starts:
Equity Considerations and Federal Transit Funding

Get LA Back "On Track"



Los Angeles does not receive its fair share of Federal Transit Funds

Please join Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and PolicyLink in proposing new criteria for funding urban transportation systems, to include economic development and environmental goals in its "New Starts" program. New policies must aim to create jobs, investment, and community development. Billions of dollars are at stake. Join us to speak up during this Federal comment period.

Friday, July 16, 2010
8:30 a.m. Registration – 9:00 a.m. Program
California Science Center – Wallis Annenberg Building (Muses Room)
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037

Speakers Include:

  • Congresswomen Judy Chu
  • Senator Alan Lowenthal, Chair, California Senate Transportation and Housing Committee
  • Thomas Jenkins, P.E., Principal Consultant, InfraConsult LLC
  • Paul Taylor, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Metro
  • Damien Goodmon, Community Activist
  • Denny Zane, Executive Director, Move LA
  • Michelle Banks-Ordone, Project Manager, Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles

Please e-mail mihernandez@bos.lacounty.gov to RSVP.


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