transportation

Big Rigs, Blown Tires, and Breakfast on the Dashboard

A Trucker’s Day Unfolds from Long Beach to Mira Loma and Back Again

Beatriz Rios-Nava is a port truck driver. She’s also an enthusiastic photographer who snaps pictures with her cell phone on her trips to Ontario or Mira Loma or to the ports of Los Angeles or Long Beach. She captures the day as it unfolds: selfies in the cab of her truck, stacks of shipping containers, and long lines of trucks at the port where she waits (sometimes for hours) to pick up a load.

Those photos are now exhibited as part of “Solitude to Solidarity: A Journey of Our Collective Consciousness” …

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This Is the Future of Your L.A. Rush Hour

From Public Transportation Projects to Express Lanes, Southern California Transit Is Being Transformed. But Will Any of It Speed Up Traffic?

by Sarah Rothbard |

The Los Angeles Times has said that we’re living in a golden age of public transportation in Los Angeles. But try telling that to the people stuck on the 10 …

Long Dead Streetcars Still Shape L.A. Neighborhoods

Why Millions of Angelenos Live According to the Plan of an Extinct Transit System

by Leah Brooks and Byron Lutz |

In the early 1900s, streetcars were the dominant mode of transit in the Los Angeles area. They ran from Pomona to the ocean, and from the San Fernando Valley to …

Does Dodging Traffic on a Motorcycle Save Lives?

The CHP and DMV No Longer Encourage Lane-Splitting. But Riding Between Cars Makes the Roads Faster—and Safer—for All of Us.

by Daniel Yi |

OK, riding a motorcycle is not safe. I know that because I’ve tried to argue otherwise with pretty much every non-rider in my life—my mother, my dad, my wife, my …

The Central Valley Was Ride-Sharing Long Before Uber

On the Bus, My Hometown Is Hours Away From Schools, Hospitals, and Good Jobs. Carpooling Is a Way of Life Here.

by Rey León |

Public transportation is a huge challenge in Huron, the city of about 7,000 people in California’s Central Valley where I grew up. If you need to make the 110-mile round …

Former California Environment Secretary Linda S. Adams

In Her Next Life, She’s Going to Rock Out

Linda S. Adams is a senior advisor at Sacramento-based consulting firm Clean Tech Advocates. She served in cabinet-level positions with three California governors, including as California Environment Secretary from 2006 …


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