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LA’s Radical Fix for Freeway Traffic

Also today: India's toxic air crisis is reaching a breaking point, and New Zealand net migration sinks to record low.

Motorists make their way on the 405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass in January 2026. Planners have long dreamed of a transit alternative to this longtime bottleneck.

Photographer: Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times

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