Jessica Meaney

Investing in Place

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Executive Director of Investing in Place, a non-profit transportation advocacy group

Jessica Meaney on KCRW

LA Metro is resuming fare collection on its buses this week, but public transit advocates say it’s financially possible to make trains and buses free for all riders.

LA Metro bus fares don’t need to resume, argue public transit advocates

LA Metro is resuming fare collection on its buses this week, but public transit advocates say it’s financially possible to make trains and buses free for all riders.

from Greater LA

Would you like to see better sidewalks or fixed lanes for autonomous cars?

Metro's Transit Funds

Would you like to see better sidewalks or fixed lanes for autonomous cars?

from Design and Architecture

“Nobody walks in L.A.” is a truism immortalized in song. The big reason for this, of course, is L.A’.s car culture. Another? Our city’s sidewalks are terrible.

A New Plan for Fixing LA’s Broken Sidewalks

“Nobody walks in L.A.” is a truism immortalized in song. The big reason for this, of course, is L.A’.s car culture. Another? Our city’s sidewalks are terrible.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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LA Times editorial page editor Mariel Garza resigned Wednesday after the paper’s owner Patrick Soon-Shiong ordered the Times not to endorse a presidential candidate.

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