Thread: LA's Measure R - why haven't others followed suit?
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Old Posted Apr 16, 2012, 7:03 PM
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Originally Posted by mello View Post
For those of you not familiar with Measure R it is a half cent sales tax in the county that is funding all of the lines currently under construction there. To me this seems like a no brainer, why aren't other US cities copying the LA model on this one?
Sure, just because LA copied Denver's FasTracks since California is out of original ideas.

Joking aside, there are a number of cities that have passed sales tax measures to accelerate a build-out of mass transit systems. Salt Lake City, Seattle, Denver are just a few of them.
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