Ryan Fonseca
Los Angeles is infamous for its bad traffic, but there’s so much more to transportation than our congested freeways. It’s about how people move around their communities — whether that’s on foot, on a bike, on a scooter or (overwhelmingly) in a car.
Mobility — and whose movement is more protected — is tethered to a host of other issues, including systemic racism, economic inequity and the climate crisis.
My goal is to help you navigate how we get from point a to point b with reporting that offers context and highlights solutions. I believe that if we better understand the cultural and political forces that shape our commutes and communities, we’re better equipped to find equitable solutions to our transportation troubles.
Before joining this newsroom, I oversaw digital storytelling for the Los Angeles Daily News. I’ve been fortunate enough to stay local (West Coast, Best Coast) and work in newsrooms all over SoCal, including the community news division of the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Clarita Valley Signal and CBS L.A.
I studied journalism at Cal State Northridge, where I now teach multimedia storytelling to the next generation of journalists.
I’ve lived in SoCal my whole life. I’m a proud Thrasher subscriber. Even my cats have Dodger gear.
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New funding proposed for the city’s initiative to end traffic deaths falls far short of what's needed. -
More than six years into the program, L.A.’s streets have become even deadlier, especially for people walking.
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The L.A. Metro project set off a culture clash in Eagle Rock, where car lanes will be removed as part of Metro’s plan to create faster, more reliable transit between the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
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A lawsuit brought against the driver and his family alleges the teen driver’s father, James Khuri, enabled and encouraged his son to drive recklessly.
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This “Universal Basic Mobility” is part of the city’s efforts to make transit and active transportation more accessible and equitable for Angelenos in disinvested neighborhoods.
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L.A. County has been given the dubious honor of having the highest level of year-round, street-level smog pollution for all but one of the years the American Lung Assn. has put out its State of the Air report.
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The county transit agency is considering a few options for a new line planned between Hollywood and Harbor Gateway North.
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The residents of those areas face more of the environmental health hazards that come with oil and gas extraction.
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Despite adopting two initiatives aimed at making L.A. streets safer and more accessible, more people are dying in crashes. A coalition of community advocates are working on a ballot measure to compel the city to follow the street improvement plan it adopted in 2015.
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One hundred new films are being featured at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza starting Tuesday and running through May 1.
