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International Study on Women and Ride-Hailing Wins Award
Fariba Siddiq is leveraging her cross-cultural knowledge to study gender differences in ride-hailing. Siddiq, who was born and raised in Bangladesh, is researching ride-hailing experiences across genders in two cities: Los Angeles and Dhaka, Bangladesh. In her study, she’ll explore how ride-hailing impacts mobility and access to opportunities for women in both countries — before…
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UCLA welcomes new expert on connected, automated vehicles
Q&A with engineering professor Jiaqi Ma As we head into the fall quarter, we’d like to welcome one of the new transportation faculty members to the UCLA ITS community. Jiaqi Ma joins the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering as an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. He’ll also lead the UCLA ITS New Mobility…
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How UCLA ITS is handling COVID-19
Due to recent restrictions that have asked all Los Angeles residents to be safer at home, we wanted to provide an update about how UCLA ITS is working during this period. Through the end of the quarter, UCLA is converting to all online classes. Therefore, all student workers, staff and faculty at UCLA ITS will…