Reclaiming the Right-of-Way, a comprehensive toolkit on planning methods to encourage walkability and complete streets design in neighborhoods, has been named a recipient of a National Planning Achievement Award for Best Practice, presented by the American Planning Association. The award is the latest in a string of honors for the toolkit, which is led by…

Donald Shoup, distinguished professor of urban planning in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, has become the nation’s oft-quoted, go-to expert on parking.  He was recently named one of the world’s Top 100 City Innovators Worldwide by UBM Future Cities. The author of “The High Cost of Free Parking,” Shoup has inspired a growing number…

The Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C. is always a reunion of sorts for UCLA students, faculty, and alumni who study transportation. The program is quite extensive, with nearly 800 sessions throughout the five-day meeting and over 12,000 transportation professionals in attendance. Amid these crowds, one could almost always find a fellow UCLA…

This year, three UCLA transportation students received WTS Scholarships.   [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_4″][fusion_person name=”Jaimee Lederman” title=”Graduate Student Researcher” picture=”/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/06/LedermanJaimeeCROPPED.jpg”][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”2_3″ last=”yes”]Jaimee Lederman is currently an Urban Planning PhD student at UCLA. Her research focuses on the intersection between transportation planning, regional governance, and the environment. Before attending UCLA, she was a practicing lawyer and also received…

  The latest issue of Access Magazine is now available online. You can view and download the issue here, or click on the titles below to be taken directly to each article.     In This Issue: Going Mental: Everyday Travel and the Cognitive Map Andrew Mondschein, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor Driving Down…

Eric Lee, the president of management consulting firm Bennett Midland LLC, visited ITS this week to present his firm’s innovative work regarding the economic impacts of reallocation of street space in New York City for dedicated bikeways, pedestrian improvements, and bus lanes. Mr. Lee first set the stage by showing pictures of the types of…

  On Sunday, October 20, policymakers and thought leaders from around the country convened in Lake Arrowhead, CA for a three-day symposium on the relationship between technology, data, transportation and land use planning, and the environment. The event, entitled Smart Technologies, Smart Policies is the 23rd annual installment in a series of relatively intimate, carefully curated symposia…

In a recent article posted on TheAtlanticCities.com, Evelyn Blumenberg, Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, discusses her research on teens and travel, What’s Youth Got to Do with It? Exploring the Travel Behavior of Teens and Young Adults. To view the article, click here. 

Professor George Galster, of Wayne State University, visited the Lewis Center this week to present a vibrant summary of his new book, “Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in the Motor City.” Speaking to a full room of students, faculty, staff and Luskin School guests, Galster offered his insight into how Detroit arrived at its…