Transportation & Mobility

Beach bus connecting Antelope Valley to Santa Monica returns for summer season

The direct service from Palmdale and Lancaster will start Monday, according to officials.

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A man wearing blue and white swim trunks is shaking a blanket on a sandy beach in front of a pier with rides and Ferris wheel.

LA Metro is suing Burbank over construction permits for a regional transit project

The Burbank City Council only learned about the lawsuit halfway through a six-hour long meeting about the bus on May 20.

A digital rendering of a bus station. On the lefthand side is a digital advertisement showing a woman with a blue graduation cap and gown. To the right of the fake advertisement is a metal pole atop of which is a sign showing which bus routes run through this station. The main part of the image, from the center to the right, shows a gray and silver bus stop that has shade. A woman is sitting on a bench next to a man standing up. There's another man on the right side walking into the bus stop.

TSA's new 'Gold+' program looks to increase private security screening at airports

The agency calls the program an update to the Screening Partnership Program, in which 20 U.S. airports currently use private security screeners rather than federal workers.

LA says it needs six more years, more staff for mobility projects that got $100M from state

The city is hoping the California Transportation Commission will evaluate its request in June.

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Amid a spike in traumatic injuries, Long Beach to ban high-powered e-bikes on sidewalks

The city stopped short of seeking to ban e-bikes that can go over 20 mph from multi-use pathways like the beach and river trails.

A man rides an E-bike on a sidewalk past large plants and trees. An E-scooter is parked in front of him.

GM just paid a record penalty for breaking California privacy law

General Motors agreed to pay California a $12 million civil penalty after selling driving data on hundreds of thousands of OnStar users.

Frontier Airlines plane bound for LA from Denver strikes and kills pedestrian

Denver International Airport said the person had jumped a fence and dashed into the aircraft's path minutes before being struck.

15,000 items are lost every year on LA's Metro. Here's where they end up

A peek inside Metro Lost & Found — where forgotten things go.

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All aboard the D Line! First phase of historic Metro line extension opens

The extension unlocks three new stops along Wilshire Boulevard.

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LA streets face ‘dire future,’ according to a new report, and the long-term solution will be costly

One of the potential solutions the report names is streamlining how infrastructure is planned through the charter reform process.

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A crew of at least six workers wearing hard hats and neon vests are repairing potholes and adjusting asphalt on a Los Angeles street.

First phase of D Line extension to open Friday, unlocking Wilshire Boulevard

A trip from downtown L.A. to Beverly Hills will take just over 20 minutes on the new extension, according to L.A. Metro.

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Salsa classes, pickleball and more: Metro celebrates D Line expansion at new stations

The Metro events will be in effect across the new stops for the next three months and feature local businesses.

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