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2015 Arrowhead Symposium: Planning for Change, from Fragile to Agile
As we conclude the many engaging and thought-provoking discussions had at the 2015 Arrowhead Symposium, we cannot help but share a bit of this year’s magic with you. This year we explored how policy, technological, and environmental change will shape the future of urban and regional planning. We considered three themes: civic innovation, open data, and an accelerating pace of change.…
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What’s Youth Got to Do with It? Exploring the Travel Behavior of Teens and Young Adults
What’s Behind the Decline in Driving Among Millennials? This question has been hotly debated in the press and in policy circles, but mostly based on impressions and anecdotes and not solid evidence – until now. Two recent national studies by ITS researchers Evelyn Blumenberg, Anne Brown, Stephen Brumbaugh, Kelcie Ralph, Michael Smart, Brian Taylor, Carole…
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ACCESS SPRING 2015 NEWS
Latest Issue Of ACCESS Magazine Now Available! The Spring/Summer issue of ACCESS magazine is hot off of the press and now available to view at the brand-new ACCESS website, accessmagazine.org. Here’s a taste of what you’ll find in the latest issue: The Social Context of Travel Michael J. Smart & Nicholas J. Klein Imagine two couples living next…
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UCLA Hosts US DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx
“Transportation connects us. It gives everyone a shot.” For the final Luskin Lecture of the 2014-15 academic year, and the keynote of our Downtown LA Forum on Complete Streets / Competing Priorities, Anthony Foxx, who was appointed Transportation Secretary by President Obama in July 2013, spoke about the many ways that transportation can connect and…
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UCLA at the 2015 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington DC boasts such a wide array of activities and gatherings that in this era of social media it is tempting to use tweets and photos to convey the considerable intellectual energy that permeates the week. We make no pretense of being any different at UCLA- you get…
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Latest Issue Of ACCESS Magazine Now Available; New Website Launched!
The Fall 2014 issue of ACCESS magazine is hot off of the press and now available to view at the brand-new ACCESS website, accessmagazine.org. Here’s a taste of what you’ll find in the latest issue: Phantom Trip Adam Millard-Ball When you see a new development being constructed, the first thing you might think is how much traffic…
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Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles: UCLA Grand Challenges
We are proud to announce that Lewis Center Associate Director, Juan Matute will be participating in UCLA’s commitment to President Barack Obama’s Grand Challenges initiative. Juan will be serving on the Spatial and Discipline Integration Committee as part of UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Project, Thriving in a Hotter Los Angeles. In order for UCLA to…
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GIS Day 2014: Celebrating our GIS contest winners
In honor of GIS Day, November 19, 2014, we would like to take the opportunity to celebrate the Lewis Center 2014 GIS contest winners and display their work. 1st place: Anne Brown “Neighborhood Change Along the Orange Line” In this project, Anne examined how the Orange Line, a full-service bus rapid transit line in Los…
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Arrowhead Redux: Resilient Cities and Regions
Here at the Lewis Center, we’re still basking in the positive and thought-provoking glow of the 2014 Arrowhead Symposium, which this year took a deep dive into the topic of Resilient Cities and Regions. It was the 24th annual installment of the Arrowhead Symposium, which is always an intimate, invite-only look at some topic within the broader…
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What are Resilient Cities, and Why Should We Care?
The title of opening talk at the 24th annual Arrowhead symposium was brazen and even a touch combative: “What are Resilient Cities and Regions, and Why Should We Care?” In his introductory remarks, Symposium Director Brian Taylor quickly made clear the provocative tone was driven by urgency, since if resilience takes the form of a…