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Freeways, Redlining & Racism
In the 1950s and ’60s, a new route of the Foothill Freeway/Interstate 210 displaced nearly 3,000 predominantly Black residents in Pasadena. This storymap illustrates how an alternate route along the Rose Bowl — which would have impacted far fewer people — was rejected.
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To target street harassment in transit environments, the Los Angeles City Council approved a list of recommendations that mirror those outlined by UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris in recent research.
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Bills earns rising star award for transportation analysis
The Zephyr award recognizes those who advance transportation and land use decision-making for the public good through improved travel analysis.
Transportation engineering Ph.D. student recognized by PSR
As a doctoral student, Qinhua Jiang led the creation of an AI-based model to help local officials in Louisiana respond to traffic during hurricane evacuations.
Book: On the fiscal politics behind America’s vast system of freeways
New book co-authored by UCLA ITS director Brian Taylor argues that the way we raise and spend transportation revenue has shaped our transportation system and the lives of those who use it.
PSR awarded $15 million by U.S. Department of Transportation
With this award, the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center expands to 10 campuses, welcomes UC Berkeley and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.