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Transportation planners take look at funding.

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.

Proposals under consideration include a half-cent sales tax specifically to fund transportation improvements and turning some freeway lanes into toll roads during times of heavy congestion.

The lack of capacity on the freeways is no longer a quality of life issue but has crossed over into an economic imperative because the rising cost of gasoline cuts into discretionary income, said David Rand, an attorney and member of the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council at the ...

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