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Click here to sign Move LA's Petition supporting the "30/10 Plan"
Welcome to Move LA!
Move LA’s mission is to build a broad constituency that will advocate for the development of a comprehensive, diverse, robust, clean, and financially sound public transportation system for Los Angeles County and champion strategies to accelerate its implementation.The Challenge
Los Angeles County is one of the most important economic and cultural engines in the United States. We are also America’s gateway to the growing economies of the Pacific Rim, making the efficiency of our transportation system a crucial issue for the world. Famously, our community is also the most auto dependent in the nation with the most congested highways and the worst air pollution. Over the past several years, traffic congestion has become increasingly severe while gasoline prices have soared, prompting significant public outcry and worries of economic and environmental decline. Public concern over the state of our transportation system has greatly increased.
Our Goals
> Ensure timely and faithful implementation of Measure R, the November 2008, voter-approved 1/2 cent sales tax for transportation in Los Angeles County.> Build a continuing dialogue between the business, labor, environmental and other constituencies to create an ongoing coalition in support of the development of a robust transit system in Los Angeles County.
>> Identify new transportation funding opportunities to meet Los Angeles County transportation needs at local, state, and federal levels and work to secure these funds to accelerate the completion of voter-approved Measure R transit projects.
> Ensure that countywide goals, including air quality and greenhouse-gas emission reduction goals as well as vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reduction goals, drive transportation decision-making in Los Angeles County.
> Ensure transit-oriented land use policies are fully integrated into the transportation planning and implementation programs of LA Metro, LA County and local cities, with the inclusion of affordable housing and open space, to meet the needs of the growing Los Angeles population.
> Support broad-based economic opportunity and job development in Los Angeles County as well as social, economic, and environmental justice through transportation system development.
> Identify and promote opportunities to expand and integrate the use of zero-emission transportation technologies and zero-emission/renewable power generation into the infrastructure of Los Angeles County.