Putting traffic in synch

Los Angeles' beleaguered traffic system received a boost Tuesday, with officials announcing that the city will get $150 million in bond funds to synchronize all the city's traffic signals. Daily News.

"I want to say to the people of Los Angeles: Promises made, promises kept," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at a news conference with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and state and local elected officials.

"When I campaigned for mayor, I said we would synchronize the traffic signals and it would be expensive. Thanks to the governor and the speaker, now we have that money."

The funds are coming from Proposition 1B, which was part of a $40 billion package of bonds approved by voters in 2006 for transportation and infrastructure improvements across the state.