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Transportation planners take look at funding.
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San Fernando Valley Business Journal
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May 26, 2008
- Author:
- Madler, Mark R.
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New ways of funding transportation projects and getting people out of their cars was touted by public officials and land use experts as necessary to reduce demand on roadways already strained to capacity.
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