Trains

I'm using my debit card at a TAP reader to pay for the bus, and a huge green screen reads GO

Un-TAP-ped

Finally you can pay for Metro like you pay for a coffee

It's called open loop, and it's a huge deal

Alissa Walker May 22, 2026

A staircase on an LA hillside painted in brightly colored patterns and cactuses with the phrase: je t'aime LA

Tous les jeux

Torched is going to Paris

And I need your help!

Alissa Walker Mar 10, 2026

Protesters holding signs that say "Don't delay our train" in the foyer of Union Station

Is this your king?

Trump derail train

It was always clear that Trump's democracy-dismantling project would be coming for the state's high-speed rail, something he openly denigrated throughout his last presidency

Alissa Walker Feb 20, 2025

A huge purple cutter from a tunnel boring machine emerges from the ground on Metro's D line subway project

Real talk

"If it hasn't broken ground by now, it's not happening"

It's time for paint, posts, and political will

Alissa Walker Sep 21, 2024

A rendering of a pink and yellow Brightline high speed rail train zooming down the freeway median in the desert

Track record

A bright spot

We're Californians — of course we're turning all our freeways into super-fast trains!

Alissa Walker Apr 24, 2024

Easels filled with renderings of bike and transit concepts with the Coliseum stadium in the distance.

RIP 28 by 28

How do we get there from here

What happened to 28 by 28 is what's happening to a lot of LA's Olympic-related goals at the moment: a flashy announcement got a lot of attention yet had no strategy to actually make it happen

Alissa Walker Apr 16, 2024

Why IOC partner Airbnb is trying to buy your vote

Does mayoral continuity matter for the Olympics?

State of the art