INTERREGIONAL,

00096-REGIONAL, METROP-OlIT '~N

PARKWAYS
S.C.f!.
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356.5
356.5
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L75
1946

AN ARI:A

s.c. 1.1.D. li~Rt\R~

Presenting
Plans and Factual Data
In Support

of

A System of Parkways
For The
Los Angeles

Metropolitan
f

LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN

PARKWAY ENGINEERING COMMITTEE

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Los

Angeles.

March
To the Honorable
Chairman,

Randolph

Joint

Collier.

Streets

and Bridges,

Legislature,

. Sacramento.

California.

Your letter of February

Mayor

of each

County,

the

Los Angeles

Supervisors

city in Los Angeles

Board of

City Council

them that your committee

in Los Angeles

to meet

County

and the Los Angeles

has informed

during

I, 1946 and requests

tion of the highway,

highway system

21, 1946 addressed

to the

April

road

plans

the week of

official

presenta-

and street

prob-

the transit
area.

a system
of anyone

cluded

a unified

regional,

needed

County

will present

that each city and the

data

and highway problems

of your meetings

highway

Angeles

Metropolitan

County,

however,

separated
integrated

local

during the time

in Los Angeles.

The paramount

progressive

as to their

area
is the

construction

need

at the present

to serve
this area.

Los

of Los Angeles
establishment

and

of a system of grade

parkw~ys or limited access highways

with the local existing street

and

of

of this
political

and is a comto each po-

hereinafter
of the

agreed

in-

Inter-

Parkways

are urgently

time and in the future

the transportation

requirements

of

Much research

and study

and transit requirements

of the

agency

Regional and Metropolitan

with this

it is expected

the

presentation

Los Angeles
request

overlaps

litical entity. There is therefore

which it is unanimously

In accordance

system

mon problem of pressing concern

areas of

County.

the backbone

and transportation

Such

boundaries

to provide

lems of all cities and unincorporated

street

30, 1946

Fact Finding Committee

on Highways,
California

Calif.

into the traffic

of this area has been

done in the past and considerable

progress is

actually being made, within the limits of available funds, toward the construction
units

of

the parkway

Transportation
board

system.

Engineering

of the first
In 1939 the

Board.

of the City of Los Angeles,

an official
presented

a proposed
ultimate

parkway system as the basis of the

transit

was adopted

system for this area. This plan

in 1941 by the Los Angeles

City

The following
approved

data,

based

entirely

plan, were prepared

geles Metropolitan

on this

by the Los An-

Parkway Engineering

Com-

mittee.
and

enlarged

County

in

Regional

1943 by the
Planning

clude the needs

Los Angeles

Commission

of the entire

civic organizations
ed the official

bodies

to inMany

County.

have consistently
in advancing

The undersigned,

supportthe pro-

1944

the

Los

Parkway

Engineering

for

purpose

the

Major

Highway

was composed

to expedite

adequate

the construction

parkway

facilities

of advising

was formed
the

Development

California

Committee.

It

adjoining

compiled

official

plans
Area

the County,

Fletcher

Bowron

Mayor, City of Los Angeles

a parkway plan from

for

which

by said Committee

by invitation

and

Los Angeles.

the

Los Angeles

was

unanimously

on October

1944. Early in 1946 this Committee

panded

that

of city and planning engineers

The committee

adopted

respectfully

Metropolitan

Committee

the cities immediately

Metropolitan

be made

2,

was ex~

William A. Smith
Chairman,

Board of Supervisors

to include engineering

representatives

of all cities

geles County,

and thereafter,

within

Los An-

on February

7,
H. I. Stites,

1946 the plan adopted

in October

1944 was
Representative,

unanimously
mittee.

approved

by the expanded

com-

all political
request

of the following data

recommend

vitally needed

Angeles

of the City of Los Angeles,

former

of this area,

your consideration
urgently

gram of parkway construction.

In

subdivisions

representing

Los Angeles County

Section,

League of California

Cities

and

provision
of the

of this area.

DA~ILY V/;HICULAR
M ~TJtODOLITAN
,

TQA~~IC

~LOW

AREA
SCAl'

IN

THOUSANDS
OF- "'IHellS

T~~ R~GIONAL P~ANNINS

IIANSKlRTATION
OUNTY

O~

PLAN!iING

LO~

ANGHES.

PR.OHCT

COM MISSION
MHl.OPOLlTA~

AUA

all

T/I:.UF-IC

'"

VOlUMIE$

'"

All

AIlE

14

Tll:AHIC

V"HIC.LIE~

13

HOUll

TYPIC .l

OVER.

PU.

~HOWN

1000

DAY

*OQ~S Ol:OJlC.TS ADMIMI$1'OAfl0M UP. NO. J6S~l-Ol-

TO

FIlla"v)

VQlUMU

WUf(,-OAY

AOJu,no

e+6
CONTROL

c.OUIH,

10
~CALE

MAD'

8f:lWIEIEN

MAY

TO AN AVUAGIE

I'.T

AND

NOV

15~20
IN

MILE~

__

U.S. INT~RR~GIONAL

____

STAH

MHROPOLITAN

SYSHM

TO .sCAli

CALIF-ORfoClA.
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:'941

30,

Of
1941.

R~GIONAL SYSHM
PARKWAY SYSHM
I

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gJ"eet
~.

dli~tUf
In Los Angeles County
ways totaled

streets

5,000

4,000

High-

The corresponding

Streets

3,000

215.4;

miles and

unim-

total

880 miles, Major

miles, Local Streets

proved

in 1941, State

g'lUem

miles. These

totals

in-

1,039.7;
of

in mileage

3,518.4;

668.7;

the

construction

5,442.2,

which amounted

totals

are

or a grand
cost

of

to $248,315,466.

clude the City streets also.

Various
The above

figures

provide

a total mileage

including

types
asphalt,

of 12,880, for which the cost was $404,000,

oiled, and dirt.

000.

magnitude

In the order

of magnitude

the

Major

of improvement
concrete,

rock

By percentage

rock and

oil; 20.98 concrete;

the Local streets

and

oiled;

tions

of State

Highways

and the unimproved

A summary

Highways

streets

of street

of Los Angeles

$44,000,000,

mileage

and walks.

12.29

per

cent

the order

oil,
of

1,480.4;

the

17.88 asphalt

corresponding

1,396.3;

1,141.7;

mileage
972.9

and

State
19.10

64.65 per cent local

cent

being

and

for the City

both primary and secondary;

and

8.28

450.9.

$20,000,000.

shows 3.96 per

per cent major streets;

streets;

cost

the por-

used

of these types is 27.20 dirt; 25.66

Streets come first with a cost of $240,000,000;

cost $100,000,000;

were

alleys,

trails

which must qe added

land and right-of-way

costs. A figure of the order of $600,000,000

has been frequently
have invested

quoted

as the amount we

in the surface system.

IN 1945, AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS
IN LOS
ANGELES COUNTY
CAUSED 1042 DEATHS.

Traffic

and transit

problems

lated. It is not only necessary

and highway capacity

mixed

traffic

dents,

and

cause

hazards

delays,
to

vehicle

pedestrians.

acci-

expressways

Major

but predominantly

to provide street

much greater

only in the more remote

flow of traffic,

are closely re-

than now

or parkways

sections

of the area,

so right through

and towns. We should be ready

not

our cities

to meet this

'kJhlf the .foJ. -AHr;elu Mebtopoliicut.

-A1z,ea Neerk a Pa/liuDaIf Stptem
A parkway is a highway to which abutting
properties
egress.

have limited

Traffic

specially
streets,

can

rights of ingress

enter

designed

and leave only at

connections

varying from '/4 to

dividual roadways,

Crossings

are eliminated
making traffic

and left turns at grade

can

traveled
These

and

ramps,

thus

signals and stops unnecessary.

landscaped

wide to permit ef-

bor:ders.
with

Such highways

speed,

elements

are

comfort

parkway

expensive

lacking

construction

of a business thoroughfare,

in the

is often

more

widening

it is much cheaper

in results. A single lane of parkway

roadway

will carry

average

speeds

cars

imize these
serve

per

limitations

all riders,

is a facility which will

both

those

who use public

transit vehicles and those who travel by automobiles.

The parkways of the Los Angeles
itan Area are proposed
elements

of a rapid

Metropol-

to provide

transit

the major

bus system.

The

use of the parkways by express buses will more

than double

the passenger

carrying

capacity

hour

at

value

to the

area.

They will provide

rapid

transit service for the area at a small fraction

of the cost

of any type

of separate

rapid

transit system.
The Los Angeles

Metropolitan

Area urgent-

of 35 to 40 miles per hour, compared

ly needs

with 500 to 700 cars

speeds

slower. A solution which will min-

of the parkways, thus doubling their economic

per mile than a substantial

1500

progressively

of surface vehicles becomes

and

present street system.

While

a city and speed

of

by a continuous

by bridges

fectively

safety.

major

for each direction

Right of way is sufficiently

be

with

'12 mile apart. In-

separated

dividing strip, are provided

of travel.

and

Traffic density grows with the population

per

of 15 to 20 miles per hour for the sur-

face street traffic fane. The capacity

way will not be reduced
of parking,

cross traffic,

permanent

traffic

a System

of Parkways

to meet

the

provide

the

of the mass transit

sys-

hour at average

of a park-

by the encroachments
etc. A parkway

investment.

is a

present

heavy

rapid transit

traffic

elements

tem, and to provide

which the continually
mand.

flow,

to

the additional
growing

area

capacity
will de-

The National
mittee
January

Interregional

rendered

Com-

its report to the President in

1944 recommending

and improvement
fional system

Highway

to high standards

of highways,

length and linking together

or more population.
all urban sections

the designation

33,920

standards

of design which agree

the standards proposed to be used for all parkways in the Los Angeles

Metropolitan

Area.

of a na-

Routes I to 4, inclusive, and Route 9 shown

miles in

on the map on page 8, are integral part of the

all cities of 300,000

It was recommended

that

of the System be built to

recommended

system.

Estimates

and costs including land acquisition

Length

No.

in Miles
San Fernando Parkway and portions of Riverside Parkway and Los Angeles River
Freeway ......................................................................................................................
(excluding existing portion)

of mileage
and con-

struction are shown below:

Route

closely with

Ramona Parkway

Portions of Ventura (Riverside) Parkway and Hollywood Parkway

(excluding existing portion of the latter! .................................................. L

...................................................................
.

Estimated
Cost

Routes 5 to 16, inclusive except Route 9,

shown on map on the following page, form a

der being required to complete the system.

part of the recommended

The following estimates of length and cost do

State wi~e system

of limited access highways. Of the total mile-

Route

Length

No.

in Miles

f
11

San Bernardino

(Colorado)

Freeway

and portion

of Riverside

Parkway

-;/ ..

Estimated
Cost

l~G~ND
U,S.INHRIU;:CIONAL
STATE

MHP.OPOLITAN

Interregional

System

118.3 miles

$ 165,994,000

Regional System

205.1 miles

310,303,000

Metropolitan

289.9 mile,

463,302,000

System

613.3

$939,599,000

SYST~M

R.E.CIONAL $Y$HM

PAR.KWAYSYSH.M

.ru IIwpJedM~gif4tem
Routes

17 to 43, inclusive, comprise

the parkway system recommended

Angeles

'Metropolitan'

Committee
regional
tee,

and

in the

Systems.

The Commit-

and Regional

formed

representatives

unanimous

7, 1946, to the complete

The following estimates

acquiring

of

park-

include the cost of

rights of way, as well as the cost of

construction.

of all cities in Los

Length
in Miles

Route
No.
of Riverside

approval,

Inter-

in 1944, and now composed

engineering

gave

way plan shown on page 8.

Engineering

included

County,

on February

by the Los

Parkway

not

Angeles

all of

Parkway ................................................................

Estimated
Cost
$ 29,102,000

17

East Bypass and portion

18

Allesandro

Parkway

6.1

14,105.000

19

to! ormandie

Parkway

7.1

20,532,000

20

La Brea (Crenshaw)

9.7

27,643,000

12.9

28,368.000

7.9

13.266,000

2.0

2,790,000

4.5

6,300,000

Parkway

21

Portions

of Olympic

Parkway

22

Portions

of Venice Parkway

23

Ocean

24

Marina

and Venice Parkway

.................................................................................................

Parkway
Parkway

25

Manhattan

26

Artesia

Parkway

27

Portion

of Pacific

...............................................................................................................

Parkway
:
Coast

6.9

Parkway

2.8

4,125,000

18.4

21,700,000

10.6

14,800,000
41,600,000

28

Long Beach Parkway

14.8

29

Portion of Santa

4.8

15,410,000

5.5

14,000,000

5.2

16,245,000

30

Terminal

31

Seaside

Monica Parkway

Island Parkway
Parkway

32

Portion

of Harbor

33

Appian

Parkway

34

Whitnall

Parkway

35

Glendale

Parkway

36

Eaton Canyon

and 'portion
Parkway

of Los Angeles

River Freeway

3.5

4,236,000

9.5

14,250,000

23.5

27.326.000

8.0

16,000,000

18.3

21,500,000

31.4

31.400,000

37.9

37,900,000

14.8

14,800,000

.................................................................................................

,
,................................................

Parkway

and Rio Hondo Parkway

37

San Gabriel

38

Los Coyotes

River Parkway

39

La Habra

40

Portion

of Slauson

41

Portion

of Temescal

42

Portion

of Inglewood

43

Portion of Los Angeles River Freeway

Parkway

Parkway
Parkway

................................................................................................

Parkwa
Parkway

...................................................

m.:

15.5

15,500.000

5.0

5,000,000

2.3

2.904,000

1.0

2.500,000

289.9

$463,302,000

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Why the

Los Angeles

Sufficient

Area

cannot

struction

provide

The question

Needs

For example,

may arise as to why the Los

Angeles Area cannot provide for all its capital

improvement
present

needs

sources

construction

from

local tax funds

of income.

In addition

and maintenance

of streets

water

treatment

supply,
facilities,

drains, garbage

sewerage,

and rubbish collection,

public
tection,

parks,
buildings,

available

facilities,

police, fire and health

The presentations

funds

beach

playgrounds,

and expenditure

mental agencies

facilities,

of the

various

is

condition

typical

throu

th~

of Los

r ets and hi hways. is

while the public

of the County is $41 1,000,000.

The outstanding

bonded

indebtedness

of

for street

is as follows:

con-

County

as of December

1.107.000.00

Spec:ial Distric:ts. total

208.494.475.21

Sc:hool Distric:ts. total

88.856.170.00

Munic:ipalities:

All other Cities

time.

hou

of the City

at $189,784,000,

Los Angeles County

Los Angeles City

of 3.lLtoAO

at the present

improvements

will clearly show that present

General

portion

of Los An<a.eles. The six year program

works program

and highway

is

lish even the critical pro ram..

This

estimated

govern-

streets

for maintenance.

a period

An eles exclusive of

for relief.

of these

required

needed

of capital

pro-

for main-

M,OOO,OOO,the greater

which is urgently

County

the present

available

and construction

years to accom

the ac-

highways

whereas

annual income

Thus it would require

sewage

of airport

parkways,

of which is currently

flood control works, storm

quisition and construction

schools,

and

and

exclusive of state

approximately

should be borne by some form of user

of Los Angeles,

$88,552,000,

tenance

and

in the City

are

estimated

to the

tax, the local tax dollar must be used to provide

for the crit

the critical street and highway deficiencies

the proposed

or

highways, the cost of which it is generally conceded

inadequate

ical highway needs of the area.

Funds for all its Capital

Improvement

are entirely

:
:.................................................................................

198.308.650.65
38.559.416.03

31, 1945

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L~G~ND
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The Parkway System as shown hereon was unanimously approved

the Los Angeles

Metropolitan

Parkway Engineering

meeting held on Feb. 7, 1946 which representatives

portion of the Los Angeles Metropolitan

Committee

by
at a

of all cities in the

Area within Los Angeles County

had been invited to attend.

CO~ NTY

or

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RECORD

1939-1945
DECREASE

POPULATION

COUNTY

POPULATION

CITY

BANK

CITY

DEBITS

BUILDING

PERMITS

COUNTY

BUILDING

PERMITS

CITY

POSTAL

RECEIPTS

MANUFACTURING

COUNTY

MANUFACTURING

CITY

COMMERCE

VALUE

AGRICULTURE

COUNTY

ASSESSED

VALUATION

COUNTY

ASSESSED

VALUATION

CITY

SCHOOL

ENROLLMENT

COUNTY

SCHOOL

ENROLLMENT

CITY

AUTO

&. TRUCK

REGISTRATION
PERCENTAGES

150

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An economic chart for the City and County

Manufacturing increase in the area has an

of los Angeles appears on the opposite page.

unbeaten record of suprel'TTlllcy in point of

This is divided into 15 separate items for which

rapidity. From /899 to 1914, manufacturing

the chart shows the percentage of increase or

wage earners averaged an annual increase of

decrease for the year shown.

II per cent, while even the important center

of Detroit could only show 7.5 per cent.

Population fjgures are given for both City

and County; bank debits for the City; build-

In addition, while other areas developed

ing permits for both City and County; Postal

losses, this one continued to increase even

receipts for the City; agriculture for the

during the depression period. The individual

County; assessed valuation for City and

concerns are also sizeable affairs. The 1940

County; school enrollment City and County;

figures show 75 per cent of those employed

and auto and truck registration. The two miss

in manufacturing industries worked in but

ing items, manufacturing for the City and for

eight of the industries.

the County were withheld during the war.

It is significant in this present discussion to

Manufacturing is of Increasing importance

observe that the order of importance begins

in this area because of its rapid expansion, in-

with transportation, or equipment therefor ex-

come resulting and its favorable reaction on

cept for automobiles, followed by food and

all other types of business. In this connection,

kindred products, machinery, iron, and steel,

an important aspect is the character and over-

petroleum, printing, furniture, wood, and ap-

all dimensions of each industry.

pare!.

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way system will be of small consequence.

OFF-STREET PARKING AREA

INADEQUA TE TRAFFIC CAPACITY

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In considering its transportation and traffic

problems, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
has not neglected one of the most important
of all the factors involved, namely, terminal
facilities or parking for automobiles. Not only
are the governmental agencies of the various
cities within the county and the county government itself, well aware of the parking problem but in most of the important cities and
business centers throughout the area, business
men and their organizations
have been and
are taking an active part in developing common sense plans for taking care of the automobile after it arrives at its terminal point. In
the Los Angeles downtown district this work
has been handled primarily by the Downtown
Business Men's Association, whose report entitled "Downtown Los Angeles Parking Study"
will be made available to all members of the
Committee. This Assocation has organized the
Downtown Parking Association, a corporation
which will carry out the plans mentioned be-

low.
Downtown Los Angeles has the greatest
number of off-street
parking facilities to be
found in any city in the country (more tha.n
40,000 car spaces), but these facilities are
barely sufficient to meet present day demands and offer no possibility of meeting all
of the demands of the future. Based upon the
studies outlined in the above mentioned report, the corporation
has adopted a definite
plan to provide
10,000 additional
parking
spaces within the downtown business district
within the next three years.
The plan is to provide these spaces through
the following three methods: (I) Leasing and
operating 3,000 additional open air spaces in
the area immediately tributary to the business
district. (2) the construction
of a 2500 car
garage
under Pershing Square,
developed
along the lines of the Union Square Garage
in San Francisco, and (3) the organization of a
parking district under the Parking District Act
of 1943 to acquire necessary property and
construct
necessary buildings to provide at
least 4,500 additional car spaces close to the
. major stores, banks and office buildings. In
addition,
plans of a subsidiary organization

provide for the construction of ' a Convention

Hall auditorium and sports arena in the downtown district which will provide approximately
3,000 more car spaces than those removed
from use through the construction of the buildIng.

The parking corporation

is financed for its
initial year of activity and the names of its
directors, all of whom are men known throughout the area, is a guarantee that the program
will be carried out. All of the additional spaces
above mentioned are to serve the business district as distinguished
from the civic center
area, which will, through a program
under
study by the Civic Center Authority,
provide several thousand additional car spaces of
special value to those having governmental
business. A large map showing the present
shape, size and location of parking lots and
garages in the downtown area will be one of
the exhibits before the committee.
In additional to the above mentioned plans,
business men of the city of Pasadena have organized a similar corporation and are actively
at work on a survey to determine the needs
for that community. The merchants of Long
Beach have for years operated
automobile
parks and are planning to expand their activities as may be required. 'Many garages and
open air parking lots totaling capacities of several thousand car spaces are definitely provided for inf.building plans now in process of
completion
or actual construction.
They include two large installations in Pasadena, one
in Hollywood, two in the Crenshaw-Santa
Barbara area and numerous projects in the downtown Los Angeles area. Total costs involved
in plans now definitely determined
upon will
run to approximately
25 millions of dollars, all
of which, under present plans will be provided
by private capital.
To accomplish the foregoing it will be necessary that various governmental
agencies give
their active cooperation
in providing such assistance as may be possible in the acquisition
of necessary land and the developing of practical building ordinances
and traffic regulations.

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car loading,

category

considered
vehicles,

items

to warrant

street

free wheel

themselves

importance

in study-

traffic.

page

throughout

the

in 1920 when there

houses

and

614,000

dubitable

1945 when

were

we have

some

3,

ment
depression

years

the

a low of 195,535 in 1933, rising rather

from origin

railroad
team

freight

tracks,

yards,

will reveal

freight
the

in-

fact that there is need for improve-

in current

arrangements

for

handling

As is true

of traffic

in all districts,

resi-

in 1940. In 1941 the indential,

due to war conditions

reached

a peak in 1945 as shown above.

began,

which

commercial

ume of car load materials,

supplies and com-

the area is not effected

and industrial,

of origin of these shipments

tered

throughout

comprehensive

throughout

with direct load-

record

creases

modities

do not assemble

1920's from

1,000,000 persons in the Los Angeles Area, to

uniformly to 355,999

in

shows the

the

reached

increase

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around

During the

Car loadings

at points provided

less than

in

an appreciable

attention.

on the opposite

increase

causing

customarily

of surface

is of sufficient

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267,044

from

in a study

ing freeways

steady

aside

without

while in a transporta-

the maz~ of traffic

these conditions.

are widely scat

the metropolitan
traffic

studies

movements

the points

area.

All

have disclosed
resulting

from

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I. The establishment
separated
street

and early construction

parkways or limited access highways, integrated

and highway system, is the paramount

Angeles Metropolitan

required

major divisions or classifications:

for this Area

with the local

need of the Los

fall naturally

The United States

Regional Routes; and the Metropolitan

3. The parkways should be designed

ofa

immediate

of grade

Area.

2. The parkways

The State

of a system

under

Interregional

three
Routes;

Parkway Routes.

to serve as the basic elements

rapid transit bus system which it is estimated

will increase

the econ-

omic value of the parkways by 100 per cent.

4. Indications
tinue to experience
total of 6,000,000

are that the Los Angeles Metropolit~n

a rapid growth in population,

reaching

persons, with a motor vehicle registration

Area will conan estimated

of 3,000,000

cars by 1970.

5. Existing funds and sources

local political jurisdictions
inadequate

of funds avanable

within the County

to

of Los Angeles are entirely

to meet the local needs for capital

vide the funds for construction

for all purposes

improvements

of the parkway system.

and pro-

I.

A state program of urban-rural

lished with definite
various

projects

method

of allocating

desired

2.

requirements

on a priority
state

basis. It is agreed

highway

completion

of

that the present

funds will not accomplish the

The only basis upon which an increase in the gasoline or other special
taxes could

Los Angeles
added

be supported

Metropolitan

procedures

to a specific

interests

program.

would be a recommendation

for the disposition

be redefined

by the various

Area would be a stipulation

tax must be allocated

this stipulation

that

in the

that any such

A corollary to

the formula and

of the existing three-cent

gasoline tax

and reorganized.

Any additional

tax monies for highway purposes

and spent within the several

counties

strictly

should be allocated

on the basis of auto-

mobile registration.

The diffusion

of highw 'y funds over the entire

state,

under

law and

as required

practice,

4.

for the systematic

objectives.

highway

3.

parkways or freeways should be estab-

rate.

handled

under

present

would not accomplish the desired program.

Any additional
period

present

taxes for highway revenue

purposes

must be for a

of years, say 10 or 12 years, and for a stipulated

amount or

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

CITIES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION

CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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LOS ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ASS0G,IATION

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS MEN'S ASSOCIATION

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