An LAist article on delays in the completion of LAX’s automated people mover called on UCLA Luskin’s Jacob Wasserman for context. The elevated train could welcome riders as soon as January 2026 after the recent settlement of a series of contract disputes. “Unfortunately, this is par for the course for transit projects in general across the U.S.,” said Wasserman, research program manager at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. “Cost overruns and delays like this are frustrating, especially when they report the project is 95% or 96% completed.” Wasserman also spoke to the Detroit News about the Michigan city’s troubled bus system, noting that shortages of both drivers and working vehicles have become common in some metropolitan areas after the pandemic. And he told the Columbus Dispatch that questions about the salary of a transit agency executive could draw further scrutiny from voters asked to approve a sales tax to raise revenues for transportation improvements.