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SoundsLA is KCRW’s ongoing series of audio postcards that start with a sound found in and around Los Angeles.

The City of Los Angeles launched a new public platform for exploring, visualizing, and downloading location-based open data.

How will technology impact and improve transportation in LA and how can we prepare for this future? Read the report produced by a partnership between LADOT, the Mayor's Fund of Los Angeles and the Goldhirsh Foundation.

Want to make a difference in your community? Check out this amazing list of 101 small ways you can improve LA and take action now!

You can use Metro's new bike share to explore downtown LA! Angel City Brewery's put together a DIY bike tour of DTLA to help you ride to some of the city's cultural and culinary landmarks.

Private sector transportation innovators with ideas to speed up LA Metro projects through a public-private partnership can submit unsolicited proposals.

LA has lots of challenges in need of solutions, and we enjoyed LA Weekly's article breaking down 20 ways to fix Los Angeles.

Radical Optimism is a conversation series seeking to understand how creative and innovative voices navigate our changing city. Last year, this series tackled our local food culture, manufacturing, density, and more. Now they're ramping up for 2018 and want to hear from you!

Lend your voice to a new effort to invest in LA's youth. Boyle Heights Building Healthy Communities is calling for LA City to create a Department of Youth Development and to invest 1% of public safety dollars in youth programs. You can help their #IAmPossible campaign by signing their petition to the LA City Council.

RACE COUNTS is a new initiative by the Advancement Project that will examine racial disparities in all 58 California counties by seven key issues. This data that will support community leaders, frame local debates around racial inequity, and create conversation around our local inequities.