Finally, a late night DASH for downtown (for now)

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Among the dumber policies implemented by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation is one that requires that all DASH bus routes pay for themselves. That’s why some routes have closed in recent years and others (like the one in my Studio City neighborhood) stop running at 5:30 p.m., far too early to make it a realistic link for people who need to get back and forth from public transportation hubs (and thus get out of their cars). But thanks to local merchants, who chipped in to pay for an extension of some of the routes, people who live downtown will be able to use the DASH until 3 a.m. on weekends during the holiday season, starting this Friday. Only catch: After Dec. 27 it all goes back to normal.

-- Sharon Bernstein