MCCLINTOCK URGES CAR-POOLING STUDY.Byline: Paul Hefner Daily News Sacramento Bureau Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Tom McClintock Thomas Miller "Tom" McClintock (born July 10, 1956 in White Plains, New York) is a California State Senator. He ran for Governor of California in the 2003 California recall election of Gray Davis and finished third out of 135 candidates with 13.5% of the overall vote. on Monday put a legislative detour sign in the path of transportation officials looking to build more car-pool lanes on California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). freeways. McClintock, R-Granada Hills, wants the state to compare the efficiency of building car-pool lanes to providing extra pavement pavement, the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common from late medieval times into the 19th cent. for everyone - which no one bothered to do before setting aside hundreds of freeway miles for car pools. ``We now have diamond lanes on every critical highway link in California, without anyone asking the question, Is this an efficient way to move traffic?'' McClintock said. McClintock had introduced a bill to require the state Department of Transportation to study each proposed new lane before embarking on new car-pool lane projects. At a hearing Monday, he agreed to modify the measure, AB 2140, to simply require a single statewide study of the issue. The amendments helped get the measure through the Assembly Transportation Committee, which approved the bill on a vote of 11-0. Supporters of the measure said that with so few drivers using car-pool lanes, commuters would be better off with a regular lane that would take a full share of the traffic. ``They'll find that it increases mobility and decreases pollution,'' said Wayne King of Drivers for Highway Safety. Neither Caltrans nor the 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. County Metropolitan Transportation Commission - which approves funding for car-pool lane projects in the county - have taken a position on McClintock's measure. But Caltrans has dozens of car-pool lanes in place around the state and plans to build even more over the next 11 years. ``Car-pool lanes are a tool the state does utilize to try to improve movement across heavily traveled sections of the system,'' said Jim Drago, a Caltrans spokesman. Los Angeles County has 159 miles of car-pool lanes operating on more than a dozen freeways, and plans call for a total of 317 miles of car-pool lanes to be built in the region. The 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. estimates that 300,000 cars use the lanes every day. But McClintock said many people in the lanes aren't really car-pooling, they just happen to have a second person in their car. ``Driving the family to the zoo zoo or zoological garden Place where wild and sometimes domesticated animals are exhibited in captivity. Aquatic zoological gardens are called aquariums. The first zoos were perhaps associated with domestication. technically qualifies as a car pool,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Tom McClintock Modifies bill |
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