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ITS Researcher Martin Wachs Featured On KCRW Radio’s Press Play
ITS Researcher Martin Wachs was recently featured on KCRW radio’s Press Play with Madeline Brand where he discussed traffic gridlock and transportation behavior. Find out what Professor Wachs had to say at the above link.
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ITS Director Brian Taylor Selected To Chair The Transportation Research Board’s Innovative Urban Mobility Services: Issues And Opportunities Committee
The Transportation Research Board recently named Institute of Transportation Studies Director Brian Taylor chair of its ad-hoc committee on Innovative Urban Mobility Services: Issues and Opportunities. Professor Taylor will lead the twelve-member committee in examining the growth of new on-demand and peer-to-peer mobility services.
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ITS Director Brian Taylor Featured On KCRW Story About The Economic Effects Of Light Rail And Subway Lines
ITS Director Brian Taylor was featured recently in a KCRW radio story about the economic effects of light rail and subway lines. Specifically, the story addresses whether new light rail and subway lines really help revive economically challenged neighborhoods in Los Angeles and spark new development and investment. Listen to the full piece for Professor Taylor’s comments.
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ITS Director Brian Taylor Reveals What’s On His Mind When He’s Stuck In Traffic
Before participating in a Zócalo Public Square panel on the future of the 710 Freeway in May, Institute of Transportation Studies Director Brian Taylor was interviewed in the green room about what it’s like for a transportation expert to be stuck in
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ITS Researcher Donald Shoup Featured In L.A. Times Story On Parking Meters And Policy
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Researcher and Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning Donald Shoup was featured recently in a Los Angeles Times story on how the City of Los Angeles should manage its parking meters. Read on for the full story and Professor Shoup’s comments.
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ITS Student Researchers Awarded Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has awarded Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships to Transportation Policy and Planning Ph.D. students Jaimee Lederman and Kelcie Ralph and second-year Master of Urban and Regional Planning student Anne Brown. The award, established as part of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, recognizes students pursuing transportation-related degrees and aims to…
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Latest Issue of ACCESS Magazine Now Available
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: Introduction: Shedding Weight; John A. Mathews Parking Requirements and Housing Development: Regulation and Reform in Los Angeles; Michael Manville Carmageddon in Los Angeles: The Sizzle and…
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ITS Director Brian Taylor Speaks At Zocalo Event On The Future Of The 710 Freeway
ITS Director Brian Taylor recently participated in a panel discussion on the future of the 710 freeway. The event, Figuring Out the 710 Freeway’s Future, was hosted by Zocalo Public Square. To find out more about what the panelists suggested should be done, read Zocalo’s event recap and view a video of the event.
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ITS Researcher Evelyn Blumenberg Honored By White House
UCLA Professor and Chair of Urban Planning and ITS Researcher Evelyn Blumenberg was recently honored by the White House as a “Champion of Change” for transportation. The White House is honoring eleven local heroes who are “Champions of Change” for their exemplary leadership to ensure that transportation facilities, services, and jobs help individuals and their communities…
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ITS Researchers Speak Out About Recent Article On Bike Lanes
Herbie Huff, a Research Associate at ITS, and Madeline Brozen, Program Manager of the Complete Streets Initiative, recently co-authored a letter disagreeing with the measure of congestion used in a recent story about bike lanes and traffic on the popular blog site,FiveThirtyEight. In the original article, the FiveThirtyEight authors measure congestion by calculating the V/C ratio,…