Earlier this week the RAND Corporation released a report providing short-term policy options for improving transportation in Los Angeles. Full or summary version is available for free download here. Focus of the report is on short-term policy reform, within the next 5 years, that can improve the current traffic congestion in Los Angeles.
Thirteen policy options are presented. Crucial to the success of any is the need for regional recognition that absent any demand management strategies, like variable pricing of lanes (HOT lanes, like those on the SR-91) and variable pricing for parking, no major improvements can be achieved.
Los Angeles needs a daring leader who is willing to risk losing some public support in order to explain to the County that we need to begin progressively paying for the transportation services we consume. Congestion pricing on the freeways and variable pricing of parking are key elements to resolving traffic congestion faced by Angelenos.
Coming from one of the top analytic policy think-tanks in the nation these transportation policy options should be heeded by both the Los Angeles City Council and the office of transportation chair Wendy Greuel. Wendy Greuel has been ahead of curve with many of the policy recommendations found within the report; these findings lend support for her office to continue paving the way. Perhaps Ms. Greuel or California State Assembly Member Mike Feuer have the gusto to be this daring leader.
It is time for all Angelenos to begin discussing the need for significant transportation policy reform; the RAND report provides 13 good places to start this discussion.
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