2013
Will California’s Disabled Placard Payment Exemption Doom LA ExpressPark to Failure?
By: Rachel Neumann
Client: Walker Parking Consultants, Inc.
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
Index for Prioritizing Bike Lane Installations in the City of Los Angeles
By: Austin Sos
Client: Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Faculty Chair: Rui Wang
Were In For A Ride: Ensuring Successful Implementation of Mobile Ridesharing Technologies in Los Angeles
By: Drew Baldwin
Client: FAST
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
Incorporating Betweenness Centrality into Bicycle INDEX Model for Predicting Bicycle Traffic in Santa Monica, California
By: Ezra Justin Lee
Client: Fehr & Peers
Faculty Chair: Michael Smart
Curbing Downtown Parking Requirements and Its Effects on Santa Monica Land Uses and Business Performance
By: Carter Rubin
Client: City of LA Urban Design Studio
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
LA Business Improvement Districts as Community Partners in Streets for People Parklet Projects
By: Gary Benjamin
Client: LADOT Streets for People Program
Faculty Chair: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Comprehending Land Use and Travel Behavior
By: Veena Snehansh
Client: Metro
Faculty Chair: Martin Wachs
TIFIA and Transit
By: Heather Jones
Client: Federal Transit Administration
Faculty Chair: Martin Wachs
Metro Sustainability: A Framework for Evaluation
By: Kristen Figueira
Client: Metro
Faculty Chair: Michael Smart
Enhancing the Orange Line – Opportunities for Connectivity and Development
By: Tamar Sarkisian
Client: Mehranian, Cordoba Corporation
Faculty Chair: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Where are the Dangerous Zones to Walk In?
By: Zhongbo Li
Client: SCAG
Faculty Chair: Robin Liggett
Public Transit Accessibility in Urban Environment and Ridership
By: Jaden Choi
Client: Long Beach Transit
Faculty Chair: Rui Wang
Gender Disparities in Trip-Chaining Behavior
By: Haofei Liu
Faculty Chair: Rui Wang
Optimizing Ramp-Metering in the Los Angeles Area
By: Robert Rich
Client: Fehr & Peers
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
The Origins of Travel Demand Forecasting in American Transportation Planning
By: Cheryl Deutsch
Faculty Chair: Martin Wachs
Using Fares to Combat Peak Period Overcrowding on Public Transportation – A Case Study of Latin America
By: Eric Agar
Client: Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
Providing Meaningful Local Transit Information Access to Glendales Limited English Proficient (LEP) Population
By: Diana Gonzalez
Client: City of Glendale
Faculty Chair: Evelyn Blumenberg
Bicycle Sharing is the New Black, But Can It Make Some Green?
By: Justin Resnick
Client: UCLA Transportation
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
Beyond Revenue: The Equity of Mileage Based User Fees in California
By: Eric Braun
Faculty Chair: Martin Wachs
2012
Towards Complete Streets in Los Angeles: Implementing the California Complete Streets Act
By: Kristen Torres
York Boulevard: The Economics of a Road Diet
By: Cullen McCormick
The impact of LA fixed-guideway transit stations on local real estate market
By: Chen Liu
Assessing the Institutional Capacity for Complete Streets in L.A.
By: Huma Husain
Noise at Transit Stations in Highway Medians
By: Alexander Schaffer
A Comparative Evaluation of the Federal Regulatory and Funding Environment Present During Development of Ground Transportation Projects at U.S. Airports
By: Ivan Gonzalez
Carbon Dioxide Reduction Benefits from Bus Rapid Transit: A Case Study of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
By: Lupita Ibarra
Parking at High Speed
By: Julia Campbell
Impact Fees for Complete Streets
By: Sarah Peters
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
By: Earl Kaing
Connecting Buses to Increase Intercity Passenger Rail Access
By: Shira Bergstein
Behind the Drivers Seat of Selecting Carshare Locations In West Hollywood, CA
By: Hannah Polow
Getting Los Angeles to Walk the Walk
By: Michelle Craven
Is Smarter Growth More Equitable Growth? The Relationship Between Gentrification and Travel Behavior
By: Will Dominie
Bringing New People to the Open Streets
By: Ryan Johnson
You’ve Arrived. Now What? Wayfinding in Transit Station Areas
By: Phil Kehres
2011
Missing Link: Express Bus Service from Long Beach to West Los Angeles
By: Jeff Rabin
Client: Sierra Club Angeles Chapter Transportation Committee
Faculty Chair: Rui Wang
Understanding the Needs of Los Angeles Ethiopian Community: An Assessment of Housing, Employment and Transportation Concerns
By: Alexander Pudlin
Client: Ethiopian American Chamber of Commerce/Thai Community Development Corporation
Faculty Chair: Chris Tilly
Bikeable Design: A toolkit for bike-friendly development
By: Shelma Jun
Client: Sheridan/Hawkes Collaborative
Faculty Chair: Vinit Mukhija
Integration of transit capacity and vehicle dwell time into the San Francisco travel demand model
By: Daniel Wu
Client: San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
Case Studies in Bike-Sharing Lessons for the City of Santa Monica
By: Alex Rixey
Client: Annette Colfax, City of Santa Monica
Faculty Chair: Rui Wang
Transit riders’ cognitive maps of the Wilshire Blvd. corridor
By: Francis Reilly
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
Electric Vehicles in Los Angeles
By: David Peterson
Client: UCLA Luskin Center
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
The Built Environment and Travel Behavior: Incorporating Residents perception into policy recommendations
By: Madeline Brozen
Client: Pacoima Beautiful
Faculty Chair: Evelyn Blumenberg
The Relationship between Bikeway Design and Ridership in Eleven North American Cities
By: Herbie Huff
Client: Alta Planning+Design
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
EIR Evaluation Checklist
By: Michael Huston
Client: Fresno City Attorney’s Office
Faculty Chair: Stephanie Pincetl
Beyond the Peak Travel Market: Can Reinventing Weekend Service Help Save Caltrain?
By: Lindsey Hilde
Client: Peninsula Joint Powers Board
Faculty Chair: Rui Wang
Addressing Diesel Truck Pollution in Pacoima
By: Rusty Whisman
Client: Pacoima Beautiful
Faculty Chair: Rui Wang
Benefit-Cost Analysis for Transportation Project Evaluation: Selecting a Tool for the Metropolitan Transportation
By: Michelle Go
Client: Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
Project Homesafe: A Case Study on Amnesty-Based Granny Flat Legalization & Policy Recommendations for Garage Units in Pacoima, Los Angeles
By: Clarrissa Cabansagan
Client: Veronica Padilla, Pacoima Beautiful
Faculty Chair: Vinit Mukhija
Potential Opportunities for Jitneys in San Francisco
By: Linda Hui
Client: San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
New Minimum Bicycle Parking Requirements for Los Angeles
By: Rye Baerg
Client: Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC)
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
HOT or Cold: Analysis of Congestion Pricing Implementation in the United States
By: Alex Beata
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
Transit-Oriented Development Guidelines for Metro
By: Alexandra Oster
Client: Sarah Jepson, Metro
Faculty Chair: Rui Wang
Arterial Intelligent Transportation Systems in LA County The State of Deployment and the State of the Practice
By: David Benoff
Client: Jesse Glazer, FHWA
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension: Ridership Improvement through Market Segmentation
By: Celestine Do
Client: Conan Cheung, Metro
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
Mediating a Land Use Dispute on 40th Street in Oakland, California
By: Omari Fuller
Client: Gloria Bruce, Chair, Walk Oakland Bike Oakland
Faculty Chair: Lois Takahashi
Long Beach Transit: Using GFI Data for Fix-Route Transportation Planning
By: Jixuan Jiang
Client: Long Beach Transit
Faculty Chair: Prof. Rui Wang
2010
Cycling in Los Angeles
By: Alexis Lantz
Client: The Los Angeles Sustainability Collective
Faculty Chair: Evelyn Blumenberg
Reintroducing the Pedestrian: A Cast Study of Boyle Heights Efforts to Improve Safety, Health, and Transportation
By: Aleessa Atienza
Client: Proyecto Pastoral
Faculty Chair: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Defining the Right Price for Variable Tolling Systems: A Case Study Analysis of HOV to HOT Lane Conversions
By: Todd Redmond
Client: Banerjee & Associates
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
Van Nuys TOD Comprehensive Project
By: Jeremy Cogan, Andrew Lee, Raul Lugo, ND Doberneck, Lauren Finkel, Steven Mateer, Scott John
Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit Project: Lessons Learned for Maintaining Public Support After Implementation of a Bus-Only Lane
By: Judy Silva
Client: LA Metro
Faculty Chair: Randall Crane
Preparing for the Subway: An Analysis of Existing Pedestrian and Cyclist Conditions in Westwood Village
By: Matthew Bruno
Client: University Transportation Services
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
Transportation and Travel Costs in Transnational Remittances: A Case Study of Remittance Costs from Los Angeles, California, to Oaxacas Valles Centrales
By: Ramiro Alberto Rios
Client: Technical Institute of Oaxaca
Faculty Chair: Leobardo Estrada
Meter Payment Exemption for Disabled Placard Holders as a Barrier to Managing Curb Parking
By: Jonathan Williams
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
Less Than Meets the Eye: Emerging Equity Issues in Curitibas Integrated Transport Network
By: Julio Ruiz
THE PLANE TRUTH Air Quality Impacts of Airport Operations and Strategies for Sustainability
By: Colleen Callahan
Client: The Coalition for Clean Air with support from Environment Now
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor
SR-22 Continuous Access HOV Lane Study
By: Louis Zhao
Client: OCTA
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup
Pounding the Pavement: Addressing Walkability in Central Hollywood
By: Maeve Johnston
Client: CRA/LA
Faculty Chair: Evelyn Blumenberg
2009
Examining the Linkages Between Electronic Roadway Tolling Technologies and Road Pricing Policy Objectives
By: Alex Demisch
Client: Lilibeth Green
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor & Donald Shoup
Tragedy of the Asphalt Commons Reinventing the Streets of Santa Monica
By: Anthony Rozzi
Client: City of Santa Monica
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup and Jonathan Zasloff
Bike Los Angeles: A Feasibility Report for Creating a Ciclovia in Los Angeles
By: Carlos Morales
Client: LADOT
Faculty Chair: Leobardo Estrada & Randall Crane
State of the Commute at UCLA
By: Sirinya Tritipeskul
Client: UCLA Transportation
Faculty Chair: Evelyn Blumenberg & Randall Crane
Anaheim Regional Intermodal Center (ARTIC): The Integration of Transportation and Land Use Connectivity
By: Matthew Parrent
Client: Gruen Associates
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor & Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Recommendations for Rapid Stops Locations Along the Venice Corridor
By: Daniel Pacheco Sanchez
Client: METRO
Faculty Chair: Randall Crane & Vinit Mukhija
Do Income and Commuting Explain Housing Appreciation? An Analysis of Housing Appreciation in Los Angeles County, 2000-2005
By: Theresa Firestine
Faculty Chair: Paul Ong
City of Burbank General Plan Mobility Element Update
By: David Kriske
Client: City of Burbank
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup & Brian Taylor
Indicating Progress: Metrics and Methodologies for Sustainability Reporting, A Client Project for LA County Metro
By: Zoe Elizabeth
Client: METRO
Faculty Chair: Donald Shoup and Randall Crane
Measurement Management: Improving Local Governments Capacity to Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation, Facility, and Utility Operations
By: Juan Matute
Client: The Climate Registry
Faculty Chair: Robin Liggett & Donald Shoup
Motivations Behind Electronic Road Pricing: What is the Driving Force Behind the Worldwide Rise in Tolling? A Review of Innovative Road Pricing from Across the Globe
By: Rebecca Kalauskas
Client: Caltrans
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor & Donald Shoup
Carbon Offset Funding: Alternative Funding Options for the Downtown Los Angeles Streetcar
By: Eric Banghart
Client: CRA
Faculty Chair: Brian Taylor & Rui Wang
2008
Accommodating Growth in the South Bay
By: Mohja Rhoads
Clearer Skies, Brighter Future: Opportunities and Obstacles to Reduce Airport-based Greenhouse Gas Emmissions
By: Laura Zahn
First-rate Organizing from Second-Tier Issues
By: Vanessa Carter
Land Conservation Planning with GIS
By: Erin Sterlich
Travel Behavior Analysis for the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
By: Stanislav Parfenov
Pedestrian Connections to Public Space: The Paseo
By: Joe Marci
Where the Streets and Sidewalk End: Rethinking the Public Right-of-Way
By: Georgia Sheridan
Westside Extension Analysis
By: Alex Moosavi
Regional Travel Behaviors and Self-Reported health Outcomes: Results from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A. FANS) with Special Consideration of Non-Residential Destinations and Grocery Store Location
By: Peter Capone-Newton
Highway Public-Private Parnerships for Applications in California
By: Kansai Uchida
Transportation Impacts of Increased Chinese Textile Importation in the U.S.
By: Peter Carter
Warehouses and Distribution Centers in Southern California: An Initial Analysis of Inbound Logistics Arms of Selected Pacific Maritime Association Member Shipping Companies
By: Deborah Helt
2007
Passenger Perceptions of Intermodal Connectivity: Evaluating Transit Stops and Stations from the Perspective of Transit Users
By: Adina Ringler
Biodiesel Options for UCLA
By: Angela Trinh
How We Move Images and How Images Move Us: Autonomy and Captivity in Representations of Driving and Transit
By: Adrian Leung
Creating a Green Industry Based on Diesel Retrofit Devices in Los Angeles
By: Sandra O’Flaherty
Evergreen Park and Recreation Center Transportation Analysis
By: Marcel Porras
Florence and Pacific: A Plan for Improving Bike-Transit Access in Huntington Park
By: Daniel Wong
Immigrant Boomers’ Access to Community Involvement: Assessing the Challenge of Limited Mobility Amidst Dispersed Ethic Clustering in Los Angeles
By: Carrie Ashendel
Motor Avenue: A Community, Destination, and Connection
By: Krista Colson
Integrating Land Use and Tranpostation: The Revitalization of a Commercial Corrdior in Fremont, California Through Innovative Land Use and Zoning Policy
By: Bonique Salinas
Walkable Alleys: Improving Pedestrian Linkages between Public Parking Facilites, Housing, and Commercial Business in Hollywood, CA
By: Sarah McPherson
Bicycles and Conceptual Plan for Southeast Los Angeles Within Proximity of the Exposition Right-of-Way
By: Katie Axt
Parking Incentives for Carsharing Organizations: An Analysis of Local Government Angecies’ Options for Encouraging Carsharing Use Through Parking Incentives and Recommendations for Implementation
By: Andrea Osgood