In recent years, every New Year’s Day is greeted with a fresh story about an unfortunate soul who’s just discovered surge pricing. Holidays, bad weather and big events will often prompt an algorithmically determined multiplier on the regular fare called surge pricing or dynamic pricing. Take public transitL.A.’s Metro system is running free trains and buses from 9 p.m. tp 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. CAPTION Sebastian Ridley-Thomas cited persistent health issues as his reason for his resigning from the California Legislature. CAPTION Sebastian Ridley-Thomas cited persistent health issues as his reason for his resigning from the California Legislature.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 28, 2017 23:28 UTC