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In this article, the author discusses driving in Los Angeles, California. It mentions the data by traffic engineering firm Inrix on gridlock and traffic jams in Los Angeles during 2015. It discusses author experience of using public transit, hiring bikes and paying of strangers for rides. It also discusses the need of traffic engineering.

The article reports on an announcement by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters that Los Angeles, California will receive $210 million in federal funds to help reduce traffic congestion and provide better bus transit services. According to Peters, the funding will allow local leaders to move forward with a plan to convert existing high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes to high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes and implement congestion pricing to improve traffic, air quality and quality of life in southern California.

The article offers a look at traffic issues in Los Angeles (LA), California. Traffic in LA is hardly news and the city has always been at the forefront of fighting traffic, from automated traffic signals in 1922 to reversible lanes, which capitalize on the directional peaks of the morning and evening rush hours. Presently, most roads are busy both ways during peaks, so reversible lanes are history.