Tuesday’s free rides on public transit saw columnist David Allen use trains and subways for a day in DTLA. Here’s what he saw, did and ate.

Legislators have until the end of May to hammer out a solution to a fiscal crisis that public transit leaders say could lead to massive fare hikes and a 40% reduction in train and bus service.

A plan to widen the 605 and other freeways will increase, not help, congestion. That's bad for Angelenos and our environment.