Juan Matute

UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

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Associate director at UCLA Lewis Center and the Institute of Transportation Studies 

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L.A.’s carpool lanes don’t move fast enough. Federal regulators want them to move at 45 MPH or more. But L.A.’s lanes only go that fast about 30 percent of the time.

HOV lanes and LA traffic

L.A.’s carpool lanes don’t move fast enough. Federal regulators want them to move at 45 MPH or more. But L.A.’s lanes only go that fast about 30 percent of the time.

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Last fall a battery-powered, adult-size variant on a Razor scooter appeared on the streets of downtown Santa Monica.

Scooter-sharing startup Bird takes flight in Santa Monica

Last fall a battery-powered, adult-size variant on a Razor scooter appeared on the streets of downtown Santa Monica.

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Parking is broken in Los Angeles. Sixty-dollar parking tickets, street sweeping at the crack of dawn and exclusive resident-only parking on city streets are just a few common gripes.

Fixing L.A. Parking

Parking is broken in Los Angeles. Sixty-dollar parking tickets, street sweeping at the crack of dawn and exclusive resident-only parking on city streets are just a few common gripes.

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