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Freeway west of downtown los angeles. the problem here isn't crumbling roads. it's that there are just too many cars. a fact jacob and i are painfully aware of having both grown up here. >> i'm somewhat optimistic because l.a. is trying to expand the subways and the light rail. have you ever been on the train in l.a.? >> i haven't. i don't think of trains in l.a. >> they're getting it done. i think when you see it for the first time, it will change your whole outlook on infrastructure. the l.a. metro system which includes the subway below ground and the light rail above has been around for yea...

Shoulder a hefty chunk of the cost, but that's not all. los angeles voters also agreed to fund infrastructure projects all across the county. we were at a transportation hearing, and you were there, and you guys were advocating going to the voters and saying, we want to give you a tax, we want to propose a tax to fund infrastructure. >> this isn't a tax. this is an investment. this will be 40 years and 787,000 jobs. >> permanent sales tax? -- a permanent sales tax. the funny thing about this when we polled it, the longer we said it lasted, the more people were willing to vote for it. which is ...

Los angeles voters also agreed to fund infrastructure projects all across the county. we were at a transportation hearing, and you were there, and you guys were advocating going to the voters saying we want to give you a tax. we want to propose a tax to fund infrastructure. >> this isn't a tax. this is an investment. this is 40 years and 787 million jobs. when we pulled it, the longer we said it lasted, the more people were willing to vote for it. that's the opposite of everything i've ever seen before. >> l.a. voters agreed to help fund not just the purple line extension. they voted to overha...

Trying to expand the subways and the light rail. have you ever been on the train in l.a.? >> i've never been on the train in l.a. >> they're getting it done. >> i don't think of trains in l.a. >> they're getting it done. having grown up here, i think when you see it for the first time, it will actually change your whole outlook on infrastructure. the l.a. metro system, which includes the subway belowground and the light rail above, has been around for years. but it hasn't made much of an impact on traffic. now l.a. metro is investing billions of dollars to expand and improve public transportat...

In l.a.? >> i have not. >> they're getting it done. >> i don't think of trains in l.a. >> they're getting it done. i think when you see it for the first time, it will change your outlook on infrastructure. the l.a. metro system which includes the subway below ground and the light rail above has been around for years. but it hasn't made much of an impact on traffic. now l.a. metro is investing billions of dollars to expand and improve public transportation in time for the los angeles olympics in 2028. the mayor is leading the charge. this is will shire boulevard? >> it's literally on top of us....