Category: Transportation
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Lecture Recap: Driving Detroit: The Quest For Respect In The Motor City
Professor George Galster, of Wayne State University, visited the Lewis Center this week to present a vibrant summary of his new book, “Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in the Motor City.” Speaking to a full room of students, faculty, staff and Luskin School guests, Galster offered his insight into how Detroit arrived at its…
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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,…
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Climate Change Initiative Director Juan Matute Interviewed By UCLA Today
Juan Matute, Director of the UCLA Climate Change Initiative was recently interviewed by UCLA Today. Click here to read more about climate change, transportation, and what we can do about it. Juan Matute is the director of the UCLA Local Climate Change Initiative at the Luskin School of Public Affairs. He studies how to transform notoriously car-dependent cities like…
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CicLAvia Associated with Increased Sales to Local Businesses
LOS ANGELES, October 1, 2012 — Businesses along the June 2013 CicLAvia route experienced a 10 percent bump in sales on the day of the event, a new study from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs has found. The increase was greater among those businesses that engaged with CicLAvia participants such as with a vending…
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Study: Downtown L.A. Parklets Improve Community, Quality of Life
In February 2013, City of Los Angeles unveiled its first pair of parklets. Six months forward, UCLA Luskin and affiliated researchers have found the parklets bring an improved quality of life to residents and visitors along the Spring Street corridor. In an evaluation (PDF) completed as a part of the “Reclaiming the Right of Way” project, researchers at…
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2013 Lake Arrowhead Symposium Focuses On Smart Technologies, Smart Policies
The 23rd annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium on the Transportation – Land Use – Environment Connection will explore the implications of recent and foreseeable future technological innovations for transportation, land use, and environmental policy and planning. The Symposium is an annual invitation-only retreat attended by about 125 policy makers and senior policy analysts from around the country. Many…
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Annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Contest Winners Announced!
The Lewis Center is proud to announce the winners of this year’s annual GIS contest. The three winning projects successfully applied research methods and spatial analysis to produce descriptive and analytical insights into distinct policy questions. The 1st place winner will receive $500, the 2nd place winner $300, and the 3rd place winner $200. In…
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Local Climate Change Initiative Director Juan Matute Quoted in The New York Times
Juan Matute, director of the Local Climate Change Initiative at the Lewis Center was quoted Friday, July 12 in a New York Times article about new ride-sharing programs in Los Angeles that use smartphone apps to connect drivers and passengers. The Local Climate Change Initiative is designed to strengthen local governments’ capacity to reduce emissions and adapt to climate…
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Norman Wong Joins Amicus Brief in GIS Case; Supreme Court of California Rules Data Are Public Records
The Supreme Court of California ruled on Monday, July 15 in Sierra Club v. County of Orange that digital mapping files, also referred to as geographic information systems (GIS) fall under the state’s public records law. Lewis Center GIS Program Manager Norman Wong participated in an amicus brief in the case. As stated in the brief,
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Spring 2013 Issue of Access Magazine Now Available
The Spring 2013 issue of Access magazine is now available for online viewing or download here. Access reports on research funded by the University of California Transportation Center (UCTC). Access‘s goal is to translate academic research into readable prose that is useful for policymakers and practitioners. Articles in Access are intended to catapult academic research into debates about public policy, and convert…