Meghan McCarty Carino
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Low gas prices have led to more driving and traffic fatalities. But the proposed price increase might not be big enough to have the opposite effect. -
A pilot program is testing the concept of raising funds for road repairs by taxing people on how far they drive, rather than on how much gas they buy. -
Projections based on the first six months of 2015 show the biggest annual increase in pedestrian deaths ever in 2016, though the news in California is better. -
A new Metro pilot program will allow 68 street vendors to occupy space on the Westlake/MacArthur Park station plaza, where many ply their trade without permits. -
The voter-approved Measure M transportation sales tax increase will fund large projects but cities with smaller populations want their share of the revenues, too. -
Sunday's CivLAvia takes place between Culver City and Venice with a special focus on accessibility challenges for those with disabilities. -
The state faces a $130 billion backlog for road repairs, but lawmakers have been unable to agree on how to pay for fixes. Are conditions finally right? -
Trump is proposing cuts to many areas of government, including environmental oversight, transportation and medical research, while boosting spending for the military and to build a border wall. -
A citizens oversight committee drawn from Los Angeles County residents would hold the transit agency accountable for the spending of $120 billion over 40 years. -
The transportation agency depends on federal money to build and run transit, but a delay of a federal grant for a Northern California rail project has rattled officials.
Stories by Meghan McCarty Carino
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