Traffic & transit measure R passes
January 18, 2009
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky hailed voter passage of County Measure R, an ambitious 30-year investment program aimed at relieving traffic congestion, repairing roads and highways, and extending the County’s subway and light-rail transit lines throughout the region. The current tally Countywide stands at 67.3% – 32.7%, but Third District voters approved the measure 72.9% – 27.1%, with support especially high in areas where traffic congestion is most acute. Here’s how Third District communities voted:
- Agoura: 63.6% – 34.6%
- Agoura Hills: 60.4% – 39.6%
- Beverly Hills: 74.7% – 25.2%
- Calabasas: 64.2% – 35.8%
- Hidden Hills: 60.6% – 39.4%
- Los Angeles: 72% – 28%
- Malibu: 69.2% – 30.8%
- Malibu Heights: 68.6% – 31.4%
- San Fernando: 70.9% – 29.1%
- Santa Monica: 77.3% – 22.7%
- Topanga: 73.7% – 26.3%
- West Hills (uninc.): 62% – 38%
- West Hollywood: 83.6% – 16.4%
- Westlake Village: 59.9% – 40.1%
For full details on how Measure R will work, the projects it funds and the communities it serves, visit Metro and Measure R.