This week's biggest headlines in transportation:
- Metro Regional Connector will be up and running in summer 2022
- Partnership lets Culver City, LAUSD students ride public transit for free
- LA seeks incentives to build affordable housing in areas with more parks, transit, grocery stores
- Long Beach Transit to consider giving students free rides
- Construction begins for esplanade, pedestrian improvements near Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
- Rather than relying solely on police, LA County wants to explore unarmed response to mental health crises on buses and trains
- LA Metro tackles food insecurity through delivery program
- L.A. Metro Bike Share expands into Hollywood with 12 new stations
- CicLAvia-South LA presented by Metro is Set for December 5th
- Pain at the pump: California gas prices are sky high, with one town charging almost $8 a gallon