• Rhynoplaz
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    11 hours ago

    Sounds like a great way to get a free car!

    Buy the car, park it in your driveway for the next six years and use the cash incentives to make your car payments!

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      11 hours ago

      Looks like its only a one time payment and only 2000 households. So its just a PR stunt. 2000 is enough for a news story but not enough to effect anything.

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        11 hours ago

        it’s not a ‘pr stunt’, it’s a research study.

      • velma@sh.itjust.works
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        11 hours ago

        This is the second phase of the program. It’s already been successful.

        Building on a successful pilot in Santa Monica, Metro is expanding the One Car Challenge to all of LA County in Summer 2026. This time, we’re inviting approximately 2,000 households to participate — and for the first time, one-car households are welcome.

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        10 hours ago

        Except those people will tell other people how it went… For better or worse.