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Attentive readers of The Source know what’s at stake: if the 30/10 Initiative gets the go ahead from Congress, a dozen Measure R transit projects funded by the Measure R sales tax increase could be built in the next decade instead of the next 30 years.

Let me put it another way. If 30/10 doesn’t happen and you’re currently expecting, your unborn child will be 28 years old when all those transit projects are up and running — and you may be a grandparent by then.

If 30/10 does happen, many of you reading this will live to see it happen. That’s good incentive, right?

Among those projects that would be accelerated by the 30/10 Initiative are the Westside Subway Extension, the Downtown Regional Connector, a transit project over the Sepulveda Pass, the Green Line extension in the South Bay, the Crenshaw Line light rail with a connection to LAX and an extension of the Gold Line from East Los Angeles to either South El Monte or Whittier.

But it’s going to take an act of Congress for it to happen, as U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood wrote last week in a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer. In all likelihood, 30/10 will have to be included in the next federal transportation spending bill that will go to Congress in the next year.

Members of Congress, of course, are juggling a lot of duties and issues. So there’s nothing wrong with providing them a gentle reminder of the issues you care about. In that spirit, the contact info for the Congressional delegation for Los Angeles County is below in this post. The websites include forms on how to email each member.

I’m not going to tell you what to write; I despise form letters. But if I was writing my Congressman — and I hope you are well, Rep. Schiff! — I’d probably mention a few things. For example, that the that the beauty of 30/10 is that it doesn’t run up the federal deficit — the feds are basically lending Los Angeles County the money for worthwhile projects.

And I might mention that building urban mass transit is a good incentive to reduce driving (transit usually has a far lower carbon footprint than driving alone) and transit is also a good way to develop more livable, walkable neighborhoods. Those kind of things matter if the goal is to reduce greenhouse gases to try to prevent global warming.

In that spirit, here’s a list of the Congressional delegation representing Los Angeles County:

U.S. SENATE

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
United States Senate
SH-331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone:  (202) 224-3841
www.feinstein.senate.gov

The Honorable Barbara Boxer
United States Senate
SH-112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone:  (202) 224-3553
www.boxer.senate.gov

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The Honorable Xavier Becerra
U.S. House of Representatives
1119 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-6235
Fax:  (202) 225-2202
www.becerra.house.gov

The Honorable Howard L. Berman
U.S. House of Representatives
2221 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-4695
www.house.gov/berman

The Honorable Judy Chu
U.S. House of Representatives
2421 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-5464
www.chu.house.gov

The Honorable David Dreier
U.S. House of Representatives
233 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-2305
www.dreier.house.gov

The Honorable Jane Harman
U.S. House of Representatives
2400 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-8220
www.harman.house.gov

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
U.S. House of Representatives
1523 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-2915
www.kevinmccarthy.house.gov

The Honorable Howard P. McKeon
U.S. House of Representatives
2184 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-1956
www.mckeon.house.gov

The Honorable Gary G. Miller
U.S. House of Representatives
2349 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-3201
Fax:  (202) 226-6962
www.garymiller.house.gov

The Honorable Grace F. Napolitano
U.S. House of Representatives
1610 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-5256
www.napolitano.house.gov

The Honorable Laura Richardson
U.S. House of Representatives
1725 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-7924
Fax:  (202) 225-7926
www.richardson.house.gov

The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher
U.S. House of Representatives
2300 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-2415
www.house.gov/rohrabacher

The Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard
U.S. House of Representatives
2330 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-1766
www.roybal-allard.house.gov

The Honorable Linda Sánchez
U.S. House of Representatives
1222 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-6676
Fax:  (202) 226-1012
www.lindasanchez.house.gov

The Honorable Adam Schiff
U.S. House of Representatives
2447 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-4176
www.house.gov/schiff

The Honorable Brad Sherman
U.S. House of Representatives
2242 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-5911
Fax:  (202) 225-5879
www.bradsherman.house.gov

The Honorable Maxine Waters
U.S. House of Representatives
2344 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-2201
www.waters.house.gov

The Honorable Diane E. Watson
U.S. House of Representatives
2430 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-7084
www.house.gov/watson

The Honorable Henry Waxman
U.S. House of Representatives
2204 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Phone:  (202) 225-3976
www.henrywaxman.house.gov