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Transportation

Top Story: Sisterhood of the traveling bikes

Andrea Denike Martinez still remembers the day she got back in the saddle. It was Earth Day—April 22, 2010. For the first time since a bad bicycle accident fractured her skull and landed her in intensive care several years earlier, Martinez was ready to once… [Read more]

By Rail and Bus

Bowl rides go up, but not for all

Concert-goers planning to use the Hollywood Bowl’s popular park-and-ride service this season, take note: Buy your park-and-ride tickets in advance and you’ll pay the same $5 roundtrip fare that’s been in effect since 1995. Those who wait to purchase their tickets at boarding time won’t… [Read more]

• Changes coming for Orange Line riders

By Car

Westside story—always a traffic drama

It’s official: Rush hour on the Westside is nasty, brutish and long. A new report assessing potential routes for the Westside subway extension looks at current traffic conditions in the area to project what the future would likely bring, with or without a subway. In… [Read more]

• Where L.A.’s lost weekend hits home

Alt Trans

Give bike-sharing a test drive

They share bikes in Paris and Portland, so why not here? Metro’s inviting the public to a bike share demonstration on Wednesday, January 18. The agency currently is looking into whether to adopt a bike share program offering short-term bicycle rentals through an automated system,… [Read more]