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  • Video: UC ITS hosts expert meeting on the 3 Revolutions at LA CoMotion

    Video: UC ITS hosts expert meeting on the 3 Revolutions at LA CoMotion

    Shared, electric, and autonomous vehicles will soon be widely available. How should transportation policy adjust for these “three revolutions” in personal travel? That was the question before a select group of transportation policymakers, stakeholders, and experts at the 2017 LA CoMotion Expo & Festival session on the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program from the UC Institute…

  • Job announcement: ITS seeks program manager

    We seek a dynamic transportation professional to serve as a program manager at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS), a national leader in transportation research and community of scholars studying transportation finance, public transit, and innovative mobility. We work across the UCLA campus to coordinate, conduct, and promote research that produces real results in…

  • 2017 Lake Arrowhead Symposium: Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains

    2017 Lake Arrowhead Symposium: Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains

    The annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium brings together influential planners, policymakers, academics, and other stakeholders for three days of immersive discussion on the connections between land use, transportation, and the environment. This October’s 27th edition of the gathering tackled the highly relevant topic of “Global Climate Change, Local Growing Pains,” examining how land use policy…

  • Recap: Lessons from the Sharing Economy for the Autonomous Vehicle Future

    Recap: Lessons from the Sharing Economy for the Autonomous Vehicle Future

    Webinar featuring Susan Shaheen, UC Berkeley and Mike Manville, UCLA Autonomous vehicles hold enormous potential – a future with self-driving cars could mean safer streets, less congestion, and increased equity. These benefits are particularly promising when autonomous vehicle technology meets shared mobility companies like Uber and Lyft. But how close are we to that future?…

  • UCLA Researchers Present at the 2017 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

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  • A Multimillion-Dollar Boost to Tackle Transportation Challenges

    Thanks to a multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, faculty, staff researchers, and students affiliated with the UCLA Luskin Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) will be part of a new regional transportation center that will tackle some of the most important transportation issues facing America. “Universities are at the forefront of identifying solutions,…

  • Luskin Graduate Research Grant Application – up to $5,000 for student research

    UCLA Students are invited to apply for a Graduate Research Grant for your research and capstone projects. This application is jointly offered by the: The Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, Institute of Transportation Studies, Luskin Center for Innovation, and the Edward Hildebrand Canadian Studies Program. Below are details about the Graduate Research Grant program,…

  • UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies @ TRB

    Tuesday evening reception RSVP The Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting will be held January 8–12, 2017, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. The information-packed program is expected to attract more than 12,000 transportation professionals from around the world. The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, with more than…

  • Ballot Box Transportation Finance: November 2016

    Next Tuesday, voters across the county will decide on some 300+ ballot measures that will use tax increases to fund transportation improvements. With the help of our friends at the Eno Center for Transportation, we are exploring how these measures are distributed across California and the county.  These measures could raise nearly $200 billion for…

  • Professor Manville Returns to UCLA

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