Transit ability to do this was accelerated by a combination of fortuitous events at the local, state, and federal levels. California voters approved a number of increases in local sales taxes to improve our transportation system. California transit agencies have taken numerous creative actions to increase their efficiency and effectiveness. The California Legislature has enacted landmark legislation, which provides greatly enhanced local authority for transportation decisions. As a result of all of these actions, numerous improvements to our transit system are occuring throughtout California.
Many more improvements are in progress.
However, this important effort can only be maintained if we continue to make progress at the federal, state, and local levels. The establishment of new local partnerships which have created many effective new approaches to moving people and goods. Flexibility in the expenditure of funds on the highest priority projects. Delegation of transportation decision making to the units of government closest to the people. A transportation system that has greatly improved and will continue to improve.