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Los Angeles to impose driver
fee to help fight global warming
Xinhua
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Motorists in the Los Angeles area would be required
to pay "climate change mitigation and adaptation fees"
under proposals aimed at getting them to help fight global warming.
The board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA) has endorsed legislation that requires motorists
to pay an extra 9 cents per gallon at the gas pump, or an additional
90 dollars on their vehicle registration, according to the Los
Angeles Times on Tuesday.
The money would fund improvements to mass transit and programs
to relieve traffic congestion at a time when transportation dollars
from the federal government and the California state are hard
to come by, said the report.
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"At this point the people of the Los Angeles region have
just had it when it comes to traffic and air quality," said
Assemblyman Mike Feuer, author of the legislation.
Feuer's bill would allow the MTA board to ask voters either
for a fee of up to 3 percent of the retail price of gas, or for
a vehicle registration fee of up to 90 dollars per year. The money
would pay for programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The registration fee would be higher for cars, trucks and SUVs
that produce more carbon emissions, a feature that backers said
would discourage drivers from using higher-polluting vehicles.
Either alternative could produce 400 million dollars a year
for public transit projects, according to Roger Snoble, the MTA's
chief executive.
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