Los Angeles
Oct. 10, 2024 7:58 p.m.
A Metrolink train drives along a track. Metrolink has renewed its Student Adventure Pass for K-12 and college students, providing students with more opportunities for free transportation. (Courtesy of Metrolink)
This post was updated Oct. 11 at 12:47 a.m.
UCLA students can now access a new way to save on transportation.
Metrolink’s Student Adventure Pass allows students from kindergarten through college with a valid student identification to use the Metrolink system for free.
By Amy Wong
A Closer Look
Sept. 20, 2024 8:53 p.m.After the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics in August, the countdown began for the Los Angeles Games.
In August, Mayor Karen Bass announced the LA 2028 Olympics will be a car-free event, meaning visitors and spectators are encouraged to use public transportation to get to the venues.
By Jeannie Kim
A Closer Look
June 27, 2024 10:30 p.m.Community members talk transit benefits, issues at TransportationCamp LA
This article was updated June 30 at 8:16 p.m.
Transportation professionals, scholars and students shared their concerns about transit issues at a conference June 8.
The structure of TransportationCamp Los Angeles – hosted by the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies at the Luskin School of Public Affairs – differed from formal conferences, as session topics were not decided by the organizers, according to the program’s website.
By Amy Wong
Los Angeles
May 22, 2024 7:15 p.m.Los Angeles Metro holds open house to discuss Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project
Around 90 community members attended an open house hosted by Los Angeles Metro on May 14 to discuss the status and future of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project, a project to expand accessible transit travel from the San Fernando Valley to West LA through the Sepulveda Pass.
By Gabrielle Gillette
A Closer Look
April 26, 2024 7:01 p.m.Students express discontent with UCLA’s provision of accessibility amid encampment
This post was updated April 29 at 7:27 a.m.
Students expressed concern that UCLA has not provided proper accessibility for students with disabilities, including alleged ADA violations, on campus after a pro-Palestine encampment began in Dickson Plaza.
By Matthew Royer
Campus
April 22, 2024 8:35 p.m.Mobilizing for Mobility educates attendees on transportation policy, advocacy
This post was updated April 25 at 3:52 p.m.
Public transit supporters discussed advocacy strategies at last Thursday’s Mobilizing for Mobility event.
Co-hosted by the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, Move LA and the Undergraduate Students Association Council Facilities Commission’s Transportation Equity and Access Committee, the event focused on universal basic mobility initiatives, transit advocacy and transportation solutions.
By Gabrielle Siegel
Los Angeles
April 18, 2024 8:56 p.m.Los Angeles World Airports rejects plan to restore FlyAway bus service in Westwood
Los Angeles World Airports rejected an initiative by the North Westwood Neighborhood Council to restore the FlyAway bus service in Westwood.
The NWWNC passed a community impact statement April 3 requesting the LA Board of Airport Commissioners and City Council to conduct a study and reestablish the FlyAway bus service from Westwood to LAX.
By Gabrielle Siegel
National
March 31, 2024 5:14 p.m.Q&A: Ann Carlson shares her work in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
This post was updated March 31 at 10:02 p.m.
Ann Carlson, the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law at UCLA, spoke with Daily Bruin contributor Maya Vibhakar to discuss her work at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
By Maya Vibhakar
Los Angeles
March 4, 2024 6:33 p.m.Supporters, opponents of Measure HLA discuss its focus on improving street safety
This post was updated March 5 at 1:22 a.m
Angelenos have the opportunity to vote Tuesday on a measure that would require Los Angeles to redesign its streets, with the aim of making them safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
By Alexandra Crosnoe and Gabrielle Gillette
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