NEWPORT BEACH

Proponents of the Protect From Traffic and Density Initiative announced last week that they have obtained more than half the signatures needed to get the measure on the November 2000 ballot.

“The excitement about getting this initiative on the ballot is really contagious,” said Susan Skinner Caustin, a volunteer circulating petitions.

The initiative, if passed, would require a majority vote to allow major amendments to the city’s General Plan if proposed developments create more than 100 peak-hour car trips, add more than 100 dwelling units or add more than 40,000 square feet of floor area.