A trio of well-respected transportation blogs today issued editorials in resounding support of Measure M, adding to a continuing wave of endorsements among from cities across LA County, regional business and labor organizations, environmental and other leaders seeking reduced traffic, increased job creation and immediate road repairs designed to foster mobility among a booming populace.
All part of the Streetsblog umbrella, StreetsblogLA, Santa Monica Next, and Longbeachize all summed up their continuing coverage by urging LA county residents to adopt Measure M. The endorsements mark the first time all three publications have come out in support of the same initiative.
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In urging readers to vote yes on Measure M, The StreetsblogLA editorial captured its profound potential impact across transit modes and geography:
This rail and rapid bus network would change the way that L.A. County moves. Frequent, high quality transit would extend to the San Fernando Valley, Pomona, the South Bay, the Sepulveda Pass, West Hollywood, Glendale, and to the edges of San Bernardino and Orange Counties...
Streetsblog strongly endorses Measure M, and urges all our readers to vote yes on M on November 8.