News Release: Southern California’s Mobility 21 Urges Congress to Invest in America’s Trade Gateway
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2013 CONTACT Kristin Slocum, Communications Manager 949.375.4523 Southern California’s Mobility 21 Urges Congress to Invest in America’s Trade Gateway Mobility 21 will fight for federal transportation funding and innovative tools to leverage local investment IRVINE, Calif. – During an advocacy trip to Washington, D.C. this week, Southern California’s leading transportation and business stakeholders from Mobility 21 will join together to advocate for increased federal funding for transportation and innovative tools to maximize local investment in infrastructure. Federal funding to improve and maintain Southern California’s aging goods movement infrastructure will take top billing during Mobility 21’s advocacy trip. More than 43 percent of the nation’s containerized imports enter the Ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, Hueneme and San Diego — creating jobs, income and tax revenue in all 50 [...]