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Metro Closes Out Last Round of Outreach on Underwhelming Vermont BRT Proposal
To truly improve conditions on Vermont, much more must be done
December 20, 2024
LAPD Admits Man Who Slept Thru 3-Hour Bus “Standoff” Was Carrying BB Gun Only after Hero Robot Dog Story Makes Rounds
LAPD lauded its controversial $280,000 robot dog for the role it played in resolving the standoff yesterday, but when questioned for specifics about how the standoff had unfolded, what the robot dog had actually done, and why it had not been deployed for three hours, the department declined to answer
November 9, 2023
No Cops with Lassos on Trains. Mayor Nixes LAPD Pilot at Metro Board Meeting.
LAPD got approval from the Police Commission to extend their BolaWrap pilot on Metro in August, but hadn't advised Metro of their plans until after the fact.
October 3, 2023
Lessons From UCLA’s TransportationCamp
What do you get when dozens of transportation professionals, technologists, and others interested in improving urban transportation networks all in one room at UCLA on a Saturday morning? The answer is Los Angeles’ very first TransportationCamp.
October 6, 2015
Long Beach: Name… The Already-Named Transit Mall?
In what is undoubtedly one of the strangest campaigns yet, Councilmember Suja Lowenthal wants you to name the already-named Transit Mall Station per the MTA.
March 15, 2013
Precaución a tu familia: Spanish PSA Inspired by Day Laborers, Goes Up in Bus Shelters Across the City
At the press conference to announce the fourth CicLAvia, a Spanish-language Public Service Announcement for bicycle safety, the first of its kind in L.A., was also introduced.
April 6, 2012