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    Design and Architecture

    Pitch your transit ideas to Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation

    You don’t have to be Elon Musk to pitch an idea for improving mobility in Los Angeles. Say you have an innovative idea for helping Angelenos get around the region. Who do you talk to?

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    By Frances Anderton • Jan 9, 2018 • 1 min read

    You don’t have to be Elon Musk to pitch an idea for improving mobility in Los Angeles. Say you have an innovative idea for helping Angelenos get around the region. Who do you talk to?

    He explains some of the 90 unsolicited proposals so far received, including drones that would inspect facilities and track; better provision of parking for bikes at stations and an Uber-style partnership for taking people to and from stations.

    An Orange Line Metro bus. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

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      Joshua Schank

      Chief Innovation Officer at Metro

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