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Martin Romero CalMatters For many Los Angeles college students, public transit is often the cheapest and sometimes the only way to get to campus as gas and other costs rise. But using buses and trains can come with a price beyond the fare. Metro offers free passes for students at...
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Sameea Kamal CalMatters California is grappling with a $31.5 billion budget deficit. Gov. Gavin Newsom denied public transit agencies a lifeline in his latest spending plan, and time is running out. But transit officials and their supporters in the Legislature aren’t giving up hope yet that the state will...
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Carmen González CalMatters Cuando Melanie Lindo estaba considerando su transferencia a un campus de la UC, su elección no se reducía a los recursos académicos o del campus, sino a lo largo, complejo y costoso que sería su viaje en autobús. “En comparación con todas las otras UC en...
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Carmen González CalMatters When Melanie Lindo was considering her transfer to a UC campus, her choice didn’t come down to academics or campus resources but how long, complex and pricey her bus ride would be. “Compared to all the other UCs I was accepted to, UCLA was the cheapest...
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Editor’s Note: This Op-Ed first appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle on June 19, 2017 Lateefah Simon and Nick Josefowitz BART plays an essential role in hundreds of thousands of people’s daily commutes. As BART riders elected to the agency’s board of directors, we firmly believe that BART should...
Martin Romero CalMatters For many Los Angeles college students, public transit is often the cheapest and sometimes the only way to get to campus as gas and other costs rise. But using buses and trains can come with a price beyond the fare. Metro offers free passes for students at...
Sameea Kamal CalMatters California is grappling with a $31.5 billion budget deficit. Gov. Gavin Newsom denied public transit agencies a lifeline in his latest spending plan, and time is running out. But transit officials and their supporters in the Legislature aren’t giving up hope yet that the state will...
Carmen González CalMatters Cuando Melanie Lindo estaba considerando su transferencia a un campus de la UC, su elección no se reducía a los recursos académicos o del campus, sino a lo largo, complejo y costoso que sería su viaje en autobús. “En comparación con todas las otras UC en...
Carmen González CalMatters When Melanie Lindo was considering her transfer to a UC campus, her choice didn’t come down to academics or campus resources but how long, complex and pricey her bus ride would be. “Compared to all the other UCs I was accepted to, UCLA was the cheapest...
Editor’s Note: This Op-Ed first appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle on June 19, 2017 Lateefah Simon and Nick Josefowitz BART plays an essential role in hundreds of thousands of people’s daily commutes. As BART riders elected to the agency’s board of directors, we firmly believe that BART should...