Zócalo Public Square

The L.A. 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 and 405 freeways at rush hour. Are new train and bus lines decreasing the number of cars on Southern California’s roads? Will technology speed up L.A. traffic? And how will Measure R investments in transit - funded by a sales tax increase - change how we get around? Metro Los Angeles CEO Art Leahy, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies director Brian D. Taylor, and Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic Executive director Hilary Norton answered these questions for KCRW traffic reporter Kajon Cermak addressed these questions at an event co-presented by Metro at the Petersen Automotive Museum.