ETA Boardmember David Habelwitz talks with the New York Times about his insight into the social division created by toll lanes like the ones on I-405:
"I was recently contacted by Nelson Schwartz, a reporter from the New York Times. He is doing a series of articles: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/business/economy/velvet-rope-economy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/insider/velvet-rope-economy-series.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/economy/high-end-medical-care.html?_r=0 and a book about what he calls “The Velvet Rope Economy.”
Learn more about "The Velvet Rope Economy" and how it relates to I-405 below:
https://stop405tolls.org/2018/09/10/behind-the-velvet-rope-social-class-segregation-in-our-transportation/