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Lewis Center Researchers Win APA LA Awards
On Thursday, June 12, APA LA held its annual Awards Gala at the Los Angeles Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The Lewis Center was well-represented at the ceremony, with its researchers walking away with two awards. Madeline Brozen, Herbie Huff, and Norman Wong won a Communications Initiative Award of Excellence for their Bike Count Data Clearinghouse project,…
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Lewis Center Student Researchers Awarded Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has awarded Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships to Transportation Policy and Planning Ph.D. students Jaimee Lederman and Kelcie Ralph and second-year Master of Urban and Regional Planning student Anne Brown. The award, established as part of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, recognizes students pursuing transportation-related degrees and aims to…
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APA Releases Video In Connection With Access Magazine’s National Planning Excellence Award
Earlier this spring, ACCESS Magazine won APA’s “National Planning Excellence Award for a Communications Initiative”. Each year APA honors the best planning efforts and individuals that create communities of lasting value with National Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards. The 2014 award recipients were honored at a special luncheon held during APA’s National Planning Conference. For more on the award, view…
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Lewis Center Associate Director Michael Lens Wins Awards in Two Paper Competitions
By Adeney Zo, UCLA Luskin Student Writer Urban Planning professor Michael Lens recently received awards from the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) and Housing Policy Debate for his research in housing policy. Though Lens was aware that his Housing Policy Debate submission was part of a paper competition, the JAPA award came as…
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Lewis Center Researcher Quoted In LA Register Story On The Beautification Of Pico Boulevard In West LA
The Lewis Center’s Madeline Brozen was recently quoted in a Los Angeles Register story on beautification efforts taking place on a stretch of Pico Boulevard in West Los Angeles. Click here for the full story and Ms. Brozen’s comments.
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Lewis Center Director Brian Taylor Speaks At Zocalo Event On The Future Of The 710 Freeway
Lewis Center Director Brian Taylor recently participated in a panel discussion on the future of the 710 freeway. The event, Figuring Out the 710 Freeway’s Future, was hosted by Zocalo Public Square. To find out more about what the panelists suggested should be done, read Zocalo’s event recap and view a video of the event.
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Lewis Center Faculty Fellow Evelyn Blumenberg Honored By White House
UCLA Professor and Chair of Urban Planning and Lewis CenterFaculty Fellow Evelyn Blumenberg was recently honored by the White House as a “Champion of Change” for transportation. The White House is honoring eleven local heroes who are “Champions of Change” for their exemplary leadership to ensure that transportation facilities, services, and jobs help individuals and their communities…
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Lewis Center Researchers Speak Out About Recent Article On Bike Lanes’ Effects On Traffic Congestion
Herbie Huff, a Research Associate at the Lewis Center, and Madeline Brozen, Program Manager of the Lewis Center’s Complete Streets Initiative, recently co-authored a letter disagreeing with the measure of congestion used in a recent story about bike lanes and traffic on the popular blog site, FiveThirtyEight. In the original article, the FiveThirtyEight authors measure…
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Martin Wachs And Brian Taylor Pen L.A. Register Op-Ed On HOT Lanes
Professor Emeritus Martin Wachs and ITS Director Brian Taylor authored an article published in the Los Angeles Register in support of creating permanent high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on 14 miles of the Interstate 10 (the San Bernardino Freeway east of downtown) and 11 miles on the Interstate 110 (the Harbor Freeway, south of downtown). Currently, these lanes are part of an…
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Lewis Center Associate Director Juan Matute Quoted In New York Times Article On Rail To LAX
Recently, Lewis Center and Institute of Transportation Studies Associate Director Juan Matute was quoted in a New York Times story on future plans to connect Los Angeles International Airport to L.A. Metro’s Green Line. Click here for the full story and Mr. Matute’s comments.