transportation

The influx of infrastructure to prepare for the 2028 Olympics shouldn't just allow more people to reach L.A. It should give the city's essential workers reliable, safe transportation.

Ian Choudri, who has led the train agency since 2024, leaves a troublesome legacy marked by budget woes, project delays and various scandals, including questionable taxpayer-funded trips by consultants.

The CEO of California's $126 billion high-speed rail project is on the hot seat after inspectors found $600,000 in spending on improper travel perks.

Scheduling note: WhatMatters is taking Indigenous Peoples’ Day off and will return to your inboxes Tuesday. With more e-bikes on roads and sidewalks, Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed three new laws that aim to strengthen safety for riders and pedestrians. One of the laws sets sidewalk speed limits and another cracks down on electric […]

Gov. Newsom signed a law allowing San Mateo County to restrict teens' access to e-bikes. It was inspired by fatal accidents in the Bay Area community.

The measure would have allowed the Office of the Inspector General that oversees the high-speed rail authority to hire more highly trained workers for audits and investigations.

California’s high-speed rail authority wanted state lawmakers to cut red tape and raise more revenue to keep the train project on track. Only one of the policies it advocated became law this year.

While the state withheld $3.9 billion from schools, it spent $1.3 billion on pork projects and $600,000 on train consultants' questionable luxury travel bills, reports say.

California’s High-Speed Rail Authority paid nearly $600,000 in unallowable travel reimbursements to outside consultants while keeping a poor record to justify them, a state investigation found.

Privacy advocates raised alarms as California lawmakers voted to share driver license information with a national nonprofit database. Then, the Trump administration sought trucker records from the organization.