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Edition #15 · Wednesday, May 6, 2026 · 882 positive stories
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Los Angeles is finally going underground

MIT Technology Review Wed, 22 Ap

Los Angeles deserves its reputation as the quintessential car city—the rhythms of its 2,200 square miles are dictated by wide boulevards and concrete arcs of freeways. But it once had a world-class rail transit system, and for the last three decades, the city has been rebuilding a network of trolleys and subways. In May, a new four-mile segment with three new subway stations will open along Wilshire Boulevard, a key east-west corridor that connects downtown LA to the Pacific Ocean. What today ca

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