Publication: L.A. Times

UCLA Expert: Michael Manville: Chair, Urban Planning Faculty Executive Committee; Chair, Department of Urban Planning; Associate Professor, Urban Planning

Synopsis: Will San Diego’s $160-billion rail expansion survive GOP election shake-up? Many regional governments are exploring ways to piggyback on the California’s eventual rollout, but none have been as explicit as in San Diego,

UCLA News: San Diego “made it much more real and concrete for voters than any discussion thus far has done in California,” Manville said. “Building a road-charge program, full stop, into a transportation package — it’s pretty ambitious… If you design the road-user charge correctly, some of the biggest beneficiaries will be drivers. It will actually make the experience of driving in rush hour much better in ways that public transportation or expanding the freeway won’t.”

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