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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Public Transportation in a Time of Budget Cuts

    Los Angeles Times business columnist David Lazarus doesn't ride public transit to work every day but, in today's paper, he wrote that he would — if it were more "user-friendly."  After a week of trying it while his car was in the shop, he says, "it's almost as if dozens of entities" in the regional network "are conspiring to make the system as…

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Los Angeles Times business columnist David Lazarus doesn't ride public transit to work every day but, in today's paper, he wrote that he would — if it were more "user-friendly." After a week of trying it while his car was in the shop, he says, "it's almost as if dozens of entities" in the regional network "are conspiring to make the system as unwelcoming as possible."

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    Crisis in the Catholic Church; LA's Traffic and Budget Woes
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      David Lazarus

      consumer columnist at the LA Times

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      Marc Littman

      Metro

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      Erin Steva

      Transportation Advocate, CalPRIG

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Crisis in the Catholic Church; LA's Traffic and Budget Woes
    1. 0:00Sex Abuse, Celibacy and Politics in the Roman Catholic Church
    2. 27:10Mayor Says without Electricity Rate Increase, It's Lights Out!
    3. 37:20Public Transportation in a Time of Budget CutsYou’re reading this
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