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Juan Matute Addresses California Assembly Committee on Community and Neighborhood Development
Manager of the Local Climate Change Initiative Juan Matute addressed California State Assembly Members about options to finance public improvements. Matute recently wrote a policy brief on the evolution of policy options used to fund or finance local infrastructure improvements in California. A key finding was that though financing needs for infill settings in established communities…
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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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Housing Lecture Series Recap: Interest Rates and Fundamental Fluctuations In Home Values
Professor Albert Saiz,of MIT visited the Lewis Center in May to discuss his research findings about interest rates and their connection with fluctuations in housing prices. Speaking to an audience of 25, he found that the interest rate-housing prices link has significant consequences for wealth accumulation, labor mobility, consumption, macroeconomic volatility, and financial market stability. However, Prof.…
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Loukaitou-Sideris, Ong To Lead T.O.D. Study
A team of researchers from UCLA Luskin and UC Berkeley’s Department of City and Regional Planning has received a grant from the California Air Resources Board to explore the impact of transit-oriented development on low-income communities. At UCLA Luskin, the project will be headed up by Associate Dean and professor of Urban Planning Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Paul Ong,…
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UCLA to Develop First County-Wide Bicycle Data Clearinghouse
The UCLA Complete Streets Initiative recently was selected by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) to create a bicycle data clearinghouse in a partnered effort with Ryan Snyder Associates, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC), and Kittleson and Associates. As a part of this multi-phase $150,000 project, UCLA will collect and standardize data for…