Student Capstone Projects

UCLA Luskin master’s students are required to complete a capstone project to earn their degree. Master or Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) projects can take the form of an applied planning project (client project), a comprehensive group project or a thesis. Master of Public Policy students complete an applied policy project. 

  • The Client Project is applied planning research on a real-world problem conducted by MURP students. ITS-supported client projects have taken national honors in recent years, including 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021.
  • The Comprehensive Projects are similar, in many respects, to the client project, but larger in scope and scale. These projects simulate real world planning practice in that they incorporate students from various areas of concentration working together to research a problem from multiple planning angles.
  • Master’s theses focus on posing and answering a research question in planning that has not previously been answered. Research is conducted by a MURP student in conjunction with a faculty committee.

Do you have a student research project idea? Let us know by July 18, 2025

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Total Results: 163

2024 | Student Client Project

Bridging the Gap: Gender Equity in Transportation for Unhoused Women
DaYoung Lee

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Transportation & Communities, Transportation Finance

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Master's Thesis

Creatively Transforming Transportation: Collaborating with Artists as a Model Towards Reparative Planning in Transportation
Lilith Winkler-Schor

Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Enhancing Mobility and Access for Carless & Car-Deficit Households in Los Angeles
Alyssa Suzukawa

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Public Transit

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Lost Hours, Lost Opportunities: The Toll of Extreme Travel on Lower Income Communities in the San Fernando Valley
Alejandra Rios Gutierrez

Client: Pacoima Beautiful

Public Transit

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Next Stop: Transit Oriented Communities
Adria Stauber

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Public Transit

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Piloting the Future: Strategies for Short-Term Transportation Projects
Josephine Dine

Client: Southern California Association of Governments

Public Transit

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Comprehensive Project

Planning for Mobility Justice in Los Angeles
Rebecca Saavedra Swint, Kelsey Shockley, Christina Teves, Ariella Ventura, Dominique Ong, Dilia Ortega, Yesenia Becerra, Genevieve Chacon, Michael Donovan, Kimberly Fisher, Joanny Leyva, Jessica Tomas Lopez, Divine Mutoni, William Dennis Nahl, Zeltzin Angon

Client: Our Streets Action Committee

Access to Opportunities

REPORT

2024 | Student Client Project

Progress, Priorities, and Obstacles to Providing Adequate Shade and Lighting at Bus Stops in Los Angeles
Monisha Reginald

Client: Kounkuey Design Initiative

Public Transit

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Reforming the Freeway Divide to Close Gaps and Reconnect Communities
Hudson Handel

Client: City Fabrick

Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Revitalizing Rural Transit: Transit Analysis and Recommendations for Siskiyou County, California
Mia Lewis

Client: Siskiyou County Local Transportation Commission

Public Transit

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Rochester’s Inner Loop Freeway-to-Boulevard Project: A Case Study
Carolyn Pugh

Client: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Environment, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

The Impacts of Sidewalk Autonomous Delivery Robots on Vehicle Travel and Emissions A Focus on On-Demand Food Delivery
Yu-Chen Chu

Client: Coco Delivery

Environment, New Mobility, Traffic

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Tolling for Tomorrow: Road Pricing as a Climate Strategy in California
Alexandria Florin

Client: California Air Resources Board

Environment, Transportation Finance

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

WELCOME TO LITTLE TOKYO! PLEASE TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES. A Case Study on the 2018-2020 Little Tokyo Arts District Station Joint Development Process in Los Angeles, California
Brian Kohaya

Client: Little Tokyo Community Council

Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Where Do Batteries Go When They Die? An Assessment of Battery Disposal Strategies for Battery Electric Buses
Matthews Cribioli

Client: WSP Global

Environment, New Mobility

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Student Client Project

A Blueprint for Connected Public Transport for Los Angeles County
Isabelle Garvanne

Client: LA Metro

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Master's Thesis

Adapting the California Vehicle Code into a Machine-Readable Database to Improve Legal Compliance in Automated Driving Systems
Matt Huffman

New Mobility

REPORT

2023 | Student Client Project

Al Fresco in the Time of COVID-19: Addressing the Barrier to Outdoor Dining in Los Angeles Communities
Brittany Montaño

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Access to Opportunities, Environment

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Student Client Project

Bus Shelter Equity: A Study of the Distribution of Bus Shelters in Los Angeles County and Unincorporated Communities
Anne Yoon

Client: Office of Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell

Access to Opportunities, Public Transit

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Student Client Project

Center of a Tension: An Analysis of Center Turn Lanes
Michael Rosen

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Environment, Traffic

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF