“Highway to the Hill” is a column on public transportation created by Clarke Velasquez, an Opinion columnist and fourth-year English student. In it, he writes about the state of car-free transportation in Westwood and around Los Angeles.

This post was updated Oct. 6 at 9:21 p.m.
Imagine the internet as a bustling city. There are people, shops, histories and homes, but no city hall or police.

This post was updated Feb. 26 at 7:21 p.m.
Los Angeles is a city known for everything fake.
It filters every part of life through kept appearances, canning what works for what looks good, even if it kills us – like our car culture.