L.A. ROADS DEEMED NATION'S 4TH-WORST RANKING IMPROVES FROM LAST TWO YEARS.Byline: Josh Kleinbaum Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. may have defined car culture, but its drivers are getting one of the roughest rides in the nation, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by a national transportation research group. Nearly two-thirds of Los Angeles' major freeways are in poor condition, and heavy rains and recent cuts to transportation funding could compound the problem, according to a report by the Road Information Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. funded by construction and highway equipment manufacturing companies. The report found Los Angeles roadways are the fourth-worst in the country - an improvement from the last two years, when Los Angeles ranked as the worst. And motorists in Los Angeles spend $671 per year on wear-and-tear because of poor road conditions, it said. ``It's probably no surprise to a lot of drivers in Los Angeles,'' said Carolyn Bonifas, TRIP's associate director of research and communications. ``It's fairly telling that five of the top 10 cities in the report are in California, which is a state that's experiencing a pretty serious financial squeeze. A lot of money that should be going to transportation is going to other things. As a result, the roads are getting worse and worse.'' It would cost $775 million to upgrade the county's major transportation arteries to acceptable conditions, MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. spokesman Jose Ubaldo said, and an additional $1.5 billion over the next 20 years to maintain those roads. Caltrans officials said they are doing their best with limited resources, pointing to state budget cuts and delays in approval of the federal transportation appropriations bill. Sixty-four percent of Los Angeles' major roads and highways List of articles related to roads and highways around the world. International/World
``The state began to take money away from transportation in 2002, and it proceeded to get worse every year,'' said Steve Finnegan, transportation policy manager for the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Auto Club. Officials are optimistic that conditions could improve because Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] indicated that he will use Proposition 42 funds - an expected $1.3 billion in sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. on gas this year - for transportation. State officials have diverted Proposition 42 funds from transportation to the general fund since 2002. Josh Kleinbaum, (818) 713-3669 josh.kleinbaum(at)dailynews.com |
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