Eliminate Traffic Congestion

By Maria Y. Ferrer

These funds are already available and do not place an additional tax burden on our citizens.

I will ensure Measure B projects are on time and on budget. Improvements which can be funded through this existing revenue source include:

Expediting completion of 85/87 overpass, widening 101 southbound, making highway 85 safety improvements, adding high occupancy vehicle lanes to highway 87, extending light rail lines, increasing Caltrain routes, augmenting the VTA Bicycle Improvement Plan, etc.

We also must make some improvements to neighborhood traffic concerns, including: developing measures to reduce speeding on neighborhood streets, synchronizing traffic signals, supporting the creation of child care centers near transportation corridors, etc.

I will also use my extensive federal and state legislative experience to ensure we reap full benefit of TEA 21 - the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century - which has targeted California for billions in federal transportation dollars. These dollars will be much more available for local decision-making in terms of where they are to be spent.