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Charging LA drivers; Monocle eyes LA

Published: Jan. 22, 2019, 10 p.m.

The solution to Los Angeles traffic may be an unpopular one: charging people for using the roads in core districts at peak times. If Metro approves congestion pricing, it\u2019d make Los Angeles the first city in the US to put a price tag on road use. Plus, Monocle is closing its New York bureau and opening one at Culver City\u2019s hip shopping center Platform. Monocle founder Tyler Br\xfbl\xe9 explains why LA matters and why brick-and-mortar retail is not dead (and neither is print).