This week's biggest headlines in transportation:
- L.A. Metro Board approves NextGen Plan to improve bus system
- Metro Micro: Transit board approves $1 fares, first service areas for ride-hailing program
- ‘Aura’ and ‘Iris’ get ready to dig subway tunnels
- Uber and Lyft must comply with labor law AB 5, appeals court orders
- Metro opens up public comments on proposed aerial transit system from Union Station to Dodger Stadium
- Metro Board unanimously approves motion to delay 605/5 freeway widening and instead study alternatives
- New transit plaza completed next to Union Station
- LA Metro establishing public safety advisory committee; will explore community-based policing options
- L.A. Metro's Regional Connector Project enters final phase of construction
- Metro closing Little Tokyo/Arts District Station for nearly 2 years
- California's greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly in 2018
- Cruise gets the green light to test fully driverless cars in California
- Santa Monica amends Bike Action Plan to include more safety lanes
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