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In a Minute with Evan Lovett

Is L.A. finally serious about Mass Transit?

In a Minute with Evan Lovett

Audacy

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Eli Lipmen, Executive Director of MoveLA joins the show to discuss The Future of Transportation in Los Angeles. As L.A. races to ‘be transit-ready’ for the World Cup, Super Bowl, & Olympics, will the billions spent have a substantial impact on our City? Lipmen talks about the funding from Measure R & Measure M and what progress is being made throughout our city from the billions of dollars generated.

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0:00.0

People would say to me, hey, Eli, like, public transit's cool. I take it in Europe. I take it in York. Yes, love it. Love it. I love it. I love it when I travel. But, you know, like, it just doesn't go to where I need to go. And I'd be like, yeah, you know, like, we're building the system. Like, it'll get there. And then I realized that we actually have a pretty incredible system. When people come here,

0:23.2

they're like, actually, it's pretty great. The bus system's great. The rail system is great. We still

0:28.1

have more to build. Let's be honest about that. And we will be building it for decades to come.

0:33.1

But it's a culture issue now.

0:42.3

Yeah. But it's a culture issue now. Yo, welcome to another episode of In A Minute with Evan Lovic, coming to you live from

0:46.9

the IAM studios in the heart of Los Angeles.

0:49.8

And today, I am here to discuss a very important topic with a very special guest.

0:56.3

This is Eli Lipman, the executive director of Move L.A.

1:01.5

And now Move L.A builds coalitions to support affordable, equitable, sustainable, and

1:05.9

connected Los Angeles County.

1:08.5

But the part we're going to focus on today is the connected as in public transit.

1:13.1

Yes, sir.

1:13.7

Because Eli is a true honest to goodness advocate of expanding our public transit and making LA more

1:22.5

connected and accessible and easy to reach in all parts of the county.

1:27.8

So first of all, Eli, thank you for being here.

1:30.2

Appreciate you making the trek.

1:32.2

Thanks for having me, my friend.

1:33.6

Thanks for coming on, man.

1:34.4

Thanks for coming on.

1:35.5

Eli and I met, we actually met at a Palm's middle school career day, but we've been in touch.

1:40.4

We have some mutual friends.

1:42.3

And as you know, I am a big car advocate.

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