Mayor renews call for transit funds

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa urged local officials Tuesday to join in pressuring Congress to reauthorize a six-year, $500 million transportation bill as a way to put Americans back to work. Daily News,.

"The millions that we invest in transit flow to businesses, large and small, and create hundreds of thousands of jobs," Villaraigosa said in a speech at the annual Mobility 21 Conference.

"Let's make this as clear as possible: Transportation investment equals jobs. It is a sad comment on the quality of our political debate that such an obvious fact is met with skepticism in Congress."