Category: Complete Streets
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CicLAvia Evaluation
CicLAvia is the Los Angeles -regional branding for open streets events. At open streets events, streets are closed to motor vehicle traffic and tempoarily transformed into appealing public spaces for people to to walk, bicycle, skate and enjoy. Since 2013, the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, along with partners in the Luskin Center, the Fielding School…
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Exploration and Implications of Multimodal Street Performance Metrics: What’s a Passing Grade?
Watch the webinar This project analyzes new multimodal street performance metrics for transportation projects. Scholars and practitioners have developed these new performance metrics in recent years in an attempt to replace traditional automobile-based level of service (LOS) indicators. Many scholars and practitioners feel traditional LOS overemphasizes the free flow of automobile traffic while neglecting other…
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Seniors and Parks: Identifying and Responding to the Elders’ Needs for Open Space
Two reports now available: Placemaking for an Aging Population: Guidelines for Senior-Friendly Parks Parks for Seniors: Identifying Opportunity Sites in Los Angeles Project Description Senior citizens remain a highly underserved group in regards to parks. This despite the fact that studies find a positive relation between physical and emotional well-being and spending time in a…
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Seniors and Parks: Identifying Places to Build Parks for Community Elders
This project is a supplemental project to the Seniors and Parks: Identifying and Responding to the Elders’ Needs for Open Spaces. This effort is a spatial analysis focused project which uses GIS techniques to identify and map the need for open spaces for the elderly as well as opportunities for the development of such spaces. This…
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SCAG Bicycle Clearinghouse
Visit the clearinghouse website at www.bikecounts.luskin.ucla.edu Bike Clearinghouse Training Webinar – August 21, 2015 What is the Bicycle Data Clearinghouse Project? This project seeks to compile, organize, make accessible, and create a data standard for bicycle count data collected in Los Angeles County. The project will collect existing data and create an interface for collecting…
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Lewis Center Researcher Herbie Huff On NPR’s All Things Considered
The Lewis Center’s Herbie Huff was recently interviewed by NPR for a story on All Things Considered on biking in Los Angeles. Click here to listen to the segment and read more about L.A. Bike Trains, an organization that arranges and guides bicycle commuting groups. Ms. Huff is a research associate at the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the…
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Complete Streets Initiative Manager Madeline Brozen Participates in UCLA’s GIS Day 2013 Program
Madeline Brozen, Manager of the Lewis Center’s Complete Streets Initiative, delivered a presentation entitled Bicycle Count Data Clearinghouse at UCLA’s GIS Day 2013 program at the Charles E. Young Research Library on Wednesday, November 20. The program also featured the following presentations: Looking for Asokan Edicts with GIS – Thomas Gillespie; A Map for the Future: Measuring Radiation Levels…
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Lecture Recap: Measuring the Economic Impact of Street Improvements in New York City
Eric Lee, the president of management consulting firm Bennett Midland LLC, visited the Lewis Center this week to present his firm’s innovative work regarding the economic impacts of reallocation of street space in New York City for dedicated bikeways, pedestrian improvements, and bus lanes. Mr. Lee first set the stage by showing pictures of the…
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Lecture Recap: Analyzing Pedestrian Movements in Israeli Cities
This October, Dr. Yodan Rofe visited UCLA to present his work developing a model for pedestrian activity in Israeli cities. Speaking to a full audience, he discussed the state of the practice in pedestrian modeling and the goals and results of his work in Israel. Dr. Rofe cited the work of Jane Jacobs, Kevin Lynch,…