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Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles may have some of the worst air quality in America, but that hasn’t stopped Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa from aiming to be the nation’s greenest mayor. One of the key pieces of the mayor’s sustainability program is Measure R, a plan to raise $40 billion for transit improvements — including bikeways and public transportation services — over the next 30 years. The measure will come to fruition long after Villaraigosa’s term limit, but during his tenure he already has reduced truck emissions at the Port of Los Angeles by 80 percent, retrofitted the city with over 100,000 LED streetlights and planned 50 new parks. |
