Kavish Harjai
I'm an investigative reporter focusing on transportation. My reporting explores the ways that safe and accessible transportation options are a critical factor to the health, success and happiness of people living in greater L.A.
Previously, I was a data reporter on the state government team at the Associated Press. I reported on how states capitalized on federal investments in broadband access, where state lawmakers were sourcing language for bills to ban gender-affirming health care for youth, and who was responsible for the fire under the 10 Freeway in L.A. in 2023.
Originally from New York, I moved to California in 2021 for a master’s degree and made my way down to L.A. a year later.
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The Metro Board of Directors is set to vote Thursday on the Vermont Transit Corridor — one of the most dangerous traffic areas in Los Angeles. Measure HLA advocates say plans disregard voter mandate. -
The closure between Crescent Drive and El Camino Drive will last until April 7. -
This is the first time Californians have seen this level of transparency about Caltrans projects. Statewide, 13 projects completed between 2018 and 2023 resulted in more than 620 home and business needing to be relocated. -
The downtown protest begins at Pershing Square at 10 a.m. Saturday. More than 10,000 people have registered. -
The neighborhoods with the highest number of complaints were downtown L.A. and Boyle Heights, according to an LAist review. -
Advocates say the approval of the plan is a major sign of progress on Measure HLA, the voter-approved initiative. -
The review, announced during a news conference at Union Station, will focus on more than $4 billion in unspent federal funds granted to the project. -
Donald Shoup died at home in L.A. at age 86 earlier in February. Students and peers remember the former professor for his dry wit and relentless study of parking policy. -
L.A. leaders have yet to decide how to implement Measure HLA, which mandates street upgrades that prioritize cyclists, pedestrians and public transit. -
Caltrans crews will assess the roughly 9-mile closure between Will Rogers Beach State Park and Carbon Beach in Malibu on Friday.
