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What will it take to get more Angelenos on public transit?
The number of bus and train trips taken in LA dropped 15 percent between 2012 and 2017. But last year, LA County voters passed Measure M, a sales tax increase to generate $120 billion for transit projects.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe number of bus and train trips taken in LA dropped 15 percent between 2012 and 2017. But last year, LA County voters passed Measure M, a sales tax increase to generate $120 billion for transit projects. So why aren’t more people getting out of their cars, and what can we do about it? A new UCLA study looks into that.
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The full episode
3 of 5What would it take for LA to run on public transportation?- 0:00How the MS-13 gang spread from Los Angeles to New York
- 10:45After State of the Union, is there bipartisan movement on immigration policy?
- 18:09What will it take to get more Angelenos on public transit?You’re reading this
- 27:38Why is Appalachia so misunderstood?
- 39:42Remembering LA ceramicist Dora De Larios