Category: Transportation

When Will Dominie set out to work on his study analyzing gentrification in Los Angeles and how it affects transit riders, probably one of the things furthest from his mind was winning an award. Dominie, a UCLA Luskin School Urban and Regional Planning 2012 graduate, wanted to shed light on a growing problem where bus…

Allison Yoh, Associate Director of the Lewis Center, was quoted today in a Los Angeles Times story about a recently-approved project to build a streetcar line in downtown Los Angeles. The planned line could open as early as 2015 and would mainly follow Broadway, Hill, and Figueroa Streets. Click here for the complete story.

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Dean, Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., is organizing a UCLA Luskin team for the United Way’s Annual “HomeWalk”, a 5K Walk/Run to End Homelessness, on the morning of Saturday, November 17, 2012 at Exposition Park. Joining Dean Gilliam in leading the team are: Erica Quintana, MPP ’13, Brad Rowe, MPP…

Today’s teens are members of the first generation to have never known a world without instantaneous and nearly ubiquitous mobile phone access. They also must surmount greater hurdles to driver’s licensing than any previous generation faced. And they are struggling to transition into the most unwelcoming job market since the Great Depression. These tectonic happenings surely augur equally dramatic…

UCLA Urban Planning professor Brian Taylor was featured on the KCRW public radio program “Which Way LA?” on Wednesday. The segment, called, “Is LA too Complacent about Carmageddon 2?”, discussed the upcoming “Carmageddon II” freeway closures in Los Angeles. During the interview, which begins at minute 7:44 and continues throughout the recording, Taylor says the “Carmageddon I” disaster messaging was very…

The 2012-2013 Lewis Center Student Opportunities PowerPoint presentation, given at the September 26 orientation sesions for incoming Master of Public Policy and Master of Urban Planning students, is now available for download. Download the file here.

Madeline Brozen, Program Director of the Lewis Center’s Complete Streets Initiative, featured in a recent piece in the U.K.’s The Guardian newspaper about Los Angeles’ move to begin building parklets in a recently-approved pilot program. To read the story, click here.

Two of the nation’s leading experts in urban transportation, Dr. Martin Wachs and Dr. Brian D. Taylor, FAICP, held a discussion on Wednesday night at the Hotel Angeleno to discuss their report, “Why It Wasn’t Carmaggedon” and implications for the upcoming, Carmaggedon II. The discussion, called “The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Are You Ready for the REAL Carmaggedon?”…

UCLA Luskin’s Complete Streets Initiative was involved in three sessions during the Pro Walk/Pro Bike: Pro Place 2012 Conference at the Long Beach Convention Center. The convention, September 10-13, brought together cities across North America searching for ideas in bringing healthier, more equitable, and more vibrant economic solutions to their communities . Madeline Brozen, Complete Streets Initiative Program…

The Federal Highway Administration of the US Department of Transportation has selected the Model Design Manual for Living Streets as one of only twelve recipients for the 2012 Exemplary Human Environment Initiative award. The award recognizes the comprehensive street design manual, which including extensive guidance for active transportation and environmentally sustainable design practices. Supported by the UCLA Luskin…