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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.

Total Results: 177

2016 | Student Comprehensive Project

Delivering the Good: Strategic Interventions Towards a Just & Sustainable Logistics System in Southern California

Dylan Sittig, Diana Benitez, Edber Macedo, Kate Bridges, Gabriel Gutierrez, Evan Moorman, Stephanie Tsai, Sam Appel, Saly Heng, Mike Barrita-Diaz, Meghmik Babakhanian, Lindsey Jagoe, Ariana Vito, Adriana Quiquivix

Client: Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Transportation & Communities

2016 | Student Client Project

Designing Grand Streets in LA: Assessing Physical Design Elements

Marissa Sanchez

Client: Here Design Los Angeles

Transportation & Communities

2016 | Student Client Project

Electric Vehicle Charging at Work: Understanding Workplace PEV Charging Behavior to Inform Pricing Policy and Investment Decisions

Ryan Winn

Client: ChargePoint

2016 | Student Client Project

Equity in Motion: Bikeshare in Low-Income Communities

Aysha Ruya Cohen

Client: District Department of Transportation

2016 | Student Client Project

Fleeing the Scene: Hit and Run Collisions in Los Angeles

Rosemary McCarron

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Transportation & Communities

2016 | Student Client Project

Measuring Risk of Residential Displacement Around LA Metro’s New Light-Rail Stations

Camille Stewart

Client: East Los Angeles Community Corporation

Public Transit

2016 | Student Client Project

Peak Hour Parking Restrictions & Traffic Safety

Marc Caswell

Client: Alta Planning + Design

2016 | Student Client Project

Planning for Carshare: Pricing and Parking Findings and Recommendations for the City of Los Angeles’ Electric Vehicle Carsharing Pilot Project

Betty Barberena

Client: Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Sustainability

2016 | Student Client Project

Taking Health to the LA Great Streets: Measuring Walking, Biking, and Safety

Jimmy Tran

Client: LA Great Streets Initiative

Access to Opportunities, Transportation & Communities

2016 | Master's Thesis

The Influences of Intersection Roadway Characteristics on Pedestrian-Vehicle Collisions

Jasmin Youngeun Kim

Access to Opportunities, Transportation & Communities

2016 | Student Client Project

To Live and Ride in LA: Are Bike Lanes Making Angelenos Safer?

Ryan Taylor-Gratzer

Client: Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition

Public Transit

2016 | Student Client Project

Where They’re Coming From and How They’re Getting Here: A Mobility Assessment on Little Tokyo’s Nonresident Population

Karen Thai

Client: Little Tokyo Service Center

Access to Opportunities

2016 | Student Client Project

Who Wins When Streets Lose Lanes? An Analysis of Safety on Road Diet Corridors in Los Angeles

Severin Martinez

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

2016 | Student Client Project

Why is There Nowhere to Park in Silver Lake?

Brian Liang

Client: Silver Lake NeighborHood Association

2015 | Student Client Project

(Re)visioning Overland Avenue: The Next Great Street

Melody Wu

Client: Palms Neighborhood Council

Transportation & Communities

2015 | Student Client Project

Los Angeles’ Untapped Resource: Recommendations to Streamline and Standardize Citywide Green Alley Implementation

Rachel Lindt

Client: Trust for Public Land

2015 | Master's Thesis

Open for Business? Effects of Los Angeles Metro Rail Construction on Adjacent Businesses

Rosalie Singerman Ray

Transportation & Communities

2015 | Student Comprehensive Project

Oriented for Whom? The Impacts of TOD on Six Los Angeles Neighborhoods

Allyson Ujimori, Mark Simpson, Mariana Huerta-Jones, Darryl Yip, Aaron Ordower, Jake Connor, Laura Krawczyk, Sheila Nem, Erica Lee, Chi Dang, Katie Olson-Kenny, Vicky Wu, Mark Friedlander, Matthew Hom

Transportation & Communities

2015 | Student Client Project

Re-inventing the Bus Stop: Design Guidelines and Analysis for Transit-Friendly Parklets in Alameda County

Benjamin Kaufman, Ben Kaufman

Client: Alameda County Transit

Public Transit

2015 | Student Client Project

The Bus Stops Here: Best Practices in Bus Stop Consolidation and Optimization

Daniel Berez

Client: Houston METRO

Public Transit