Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning – Transportation Policy and Planning
The Transportation Policy and Planning PhD program at UCLA has produced many of the many of the field’s leading scholars. Graduates hold faculty positions at leading universities, are senior government analysts, and research consultants in private industry. Here are some examples:
Mary Jane Breinholt (2001)
| Occupation: | Visiting Lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley |
| Dissertation: | Private Responses to Public Failures: Firm and Worker Responses to Transportation Deficiencies in the Indonesian Garment Industry |
Honors and Awards:
- Dissertation selected by the Council of University Transportation Centers for the Charles Wootan Award as the best doctoral dissertation in transportation policy or planning in the U.S. – 2001
Jeffrey Brown (2003)
| Occupation: | Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University |
| Dissertation: | The Numbers Game: The Politics of the Federal Surface Transportation Program. |
Honors and Awards:
- Dean’s Award for Overall Excellence (1st in graduating MA class) – 1998
- Trapped in the Past: The Gas Tax and Highway Finance, selected by the Council of University Transportation Centers for the Charles Wootan Award as the best masters thesis in transportation policy or planning in the U.S. – 1998
- Eno Foundation Fellow, Washington, DC – 2001
- University of California Transportation Student of the Year – 2002
Robert Cervero (1980)
| Occupation: | Professor of City & Regional Planning; Director, University of California Transportation Center; Interim Director, Institute of Urban & Regional Development |
| Dissertation: | Efficiency and Equity Implications of Transit Fare Policies |
Honors and Awards:
- Seventh Regional Science Dissertation Competition Award – 1980
- American Planning Association Outstanding Scholarship Award – 1980
- Fishbaugh Memorial Fellowship Award – 1979
- Brython Davis Memorial Fellowship Award – 1978
Dan Chatman (2005)
| Occupation: | Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning |
| Dissertation: | How the built environment influences non-work travel: Theoretical and empirical essays |
Honors and Awards:
- Student of the Year, University of California Transportation Center, 2005
- Outstanding Graduating Doctoral Student, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA, 2005
- Departmental Fellowship, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA, 2005
- Major Field Examination Pass With Distinction, 2003
- Eno Transportation Foundation Fellow, 2002
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Fellow, U.S. Department of Transportation, 2000–2003
- Chancellor’s Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 1999–2004
D. Gregg Doyle (2003)
| Occupation: | Assistant Professor City and Regional Planning California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo |
| Dissertation: | “Only a Nobody Walks”: The Decline of Pedestrian Trips in the United States |
Honors and Awards:
- Bank of America Low-Income Housing Challenge - 2005
Mark Garrett (2006)
| Occupation: | Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies at St. Louis University |
| Dissertation: | The Struggle for Transit Justice: Race, Space, and Social Equity in Los Angeles |
Honors and Awards:
- Transportation Research Board’s Pyke Johnson Award - 2001
- Eno Transportation Foundation Fellowship - 1998
Daniel Baldwin Hess (2002)
| Occupation: | Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at University of Buffalo-SUNY |
| Dissertation: | Reconciling Incompatible Zone Systems in Metropolitan Planning |
Honors and Awards:
- Eisenhower Transportation Fellow
Hiroyuki Iseki (2005)
| Occupation: | Assistant Professor of Transportation Studies at the University of New Orleans |
| Dissertation: | Does Contracting Matter?: The Determinants of Contracting and Contracting’s Effects on Cost Efficiency in U.S. Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service |
Honors and Awards:
- Chester Rapkin Award for the Best Paper in Journal of Planning Education and Research in 2002
- 2000 Pyke Johnson Award for the Best Paper
- 1999 American Institute of Certified Planners Student Award in the category
Eugene J. Kim (2000)
| Occupation: | Planning Manager, Western Region at STV Incorporated |
| Dissertation: | Hot Lanes-A Comparative Evaluation of Costs, Benefits, and Performance |
Honors and Awards:
- Eno Foundation Fellow
David King (2008)
| Occupation: | Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Columbia University |
| Dissertation: | Exploring the Localization of Transportation Planning: Essays on research and policy implications from shifting goals in transportation planning |
Lewison Lem (1996)
| Occupation: | Transportation Policy Manager at the California State Automobile Association |
| Dissertation: | Fairness or Favoritism? Geographic Redistribution and Fiscal Equalization Resulting from Transportation Funding Formulas |
Honors and Awards:
- UC Transportation Student of the year – 1996
- Eno Foundation Fellow – 1995
Jian-Ling Li (1997)
| Occupation: | Associate Professor of School of Urban/Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Arlington |
| Dissertation: | Inter-Modal Transit Performance Indicators |
Don Pickrell (1980)
| Occupation: | Chief Economist at the Volpe Institute; Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at MIT |
| Dissertation: | Free Parking and Urban Transportation |
Lisa Schweitzer (2004)
| Occupation: | Assistant Professor of Policy, Planning and Development at University of Southern California |
| Dissertation: | Environmental Sacrifice zones: Risk and Transport in Southern California |
Honors and Awards:
- UCLA Chancellor’s Fellowship
- Federal Highway Administration’s Eisenhower Fellowship
- Toxic Substances Research Program Graduate Fellowship
- University of California Transportation Student of the Year – 2003
Allison Yoh (2008)
| Occupation: | Associate Director of the Lewis Center and Institute of Transportation Studies at UCLA |
| Dissertation: | Institutional Barriers to Adopting Smart Card Technology for Fare Collection Among U.S. Transit Operators |
Honors and Awards:
- UCLA Chancellor’s Dissertation Fellowship – 2007-2008
- UCLA Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship – 2001-2008
- UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Fellowship – 2000-05
- Rodney Slater Distinguished Student Fellowship – national award 2003
- Eno Fellow, Leadership Development Conference, Eno Transportation Foundation – national competition 2003
- California Planning Foundation Continuing Student Award – 2000-01
- Michael S. Dukakis Scholar – 2000-01
- UCLA Department of Urban Planning Service Award – 2000