Transportation is one of my top priorities in the San Gabriel Valley. We need a transportation system that will ease our impact on the environment and create jobs. That’s why I am fighting to quickly expand our transit options and turn our region into a model for the 21st century.

Residents of the San Gabriel Valley commute many miles to work and often sit for hours in traffic.  Our region deserves the same transportation options as the rest of the county: a functioning light rail system, a robust bus network, and freeways with smooth interchanges and carpool lanes.

I’m proud of the progress made to build out the light rail system in our region. The first extension of the Foothill Gold Line to the Azusa/Glendora border saw such high ridership that LA Metro had to add additional trains to the schedule. I am committed to seeing the Gold Line Extension completed all the way to Claremont, and hopefully one day, to Ontario Airport. I will continue to work with local and regional transit partners to support the construction of the second phase of the Gold Line extension. 

Additionally, I strongly support the Alameda Corridor East (ACE) Project.  Forty percent of our nation’s shipping containers come through the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and sixty percent of those goods travel through the San Gabriel Valley, and then go out all across the country. To move those goods faster and safer, we need to separate the trains from the car traffic through grade separations, which redirect the traffic to go below or above the railroad crossing.  This is exactly what ACE is doing.  Tremendous progress has been made, most recently with the opening of the San Gabriel Trench, near the San Gabriel Mission. I’m so proud that 52 percent of ACE project funding comes from the federal government and I will work to bring more federal funding to our region for these types of projects.

Finally, I believe that we need to invest in America’s infrastructure with public funds and a long-term commitment. Our bridges, roads, railways and tunnels need repair and upkeep, and I believe that Congress should commit to building an infrastructure system for the 21st Century. And I will continue to work with my colleagues in Congress to support robust funding to build today the infrastructure we need for tomorrow.