News Archive

A selection of media coverage of UCLA ITS experts and research.

For media queries, contact Claudia Bustamante at claudb@ucla.edu.

Bloomberg

LA Votes for Bus, Bike and Pedestrian Fixes as Traffic Deaths Rise

March 13, 2024

Daily Bruin

Supporters, opponents of Measure HLA discuss its focus on improving street safety

March 4, 2024

Los Angeles Times

California says it prioritizes climate goals over freeway widening. So why is the 15 Freeway getting more lanes?

February 5, 2024

Pasadena Now

Analyzing The Historical Impact of the New 710 Freeway Stub Community

January 18, 2024

Los Angeles Times

‘You can smell the pollution’: 10 Freeway closure brings traffic, fumes, anger for residents

November 16, 2023

LAist

LA Traffic Is Worse, But Not Terrible And It Probably Won’t Get Better

November 15, 2023

KQED

When Your Car Becomes Your Home

October 23, 2023

The Washington Post

Yellow-shirted Metro ambassadors part of fight to win hearts, minds and new riders

July 17, 2023

StreetsBlog (LA & National)

Vision Zero Cities: Road Violence is a Public Health Crisis that Needs Public Health Solutions

October 17, 2022

Los Angeles Times

For historic Black community, Crenshaw/LAX Line is 'a blessing and a curse'

October 7, 2022

Los Angeles Times

‘Gimme Shelter’: How parking lots explain California’s housing crisis

October 7, 2022

Curbed

Should It Be Easier to Take Away a Driver’s License?

August 19, 2022

The Washington Post

As Starbucks exits, Union Station struggles with safety, empty stores

July 29, 2022

BBC

What if all roads went underground?

July 21, 2022

Resources Radio

Driving Toward Justice: Transportation and Equity, with Regan Patterson

June 7, 2022

The Guardian

It’s just more and more lanes’: the Texan revolt against giant new highways

April 29, 2022

Crosstown

Did L.A.’s experiment with free buses work?

April 25, 2022

The Orange County Register

Don’t let the California Dream become a transportation nightmare

March 29, 2022

KCRW 89.9/Greater LA

LA Metro bus fares don’t need to resume, argue public transit advocates

January 11, 2022

Bloomberg

A Faster Path to Safer Sidewalks

January 10, 2022

CNET

How COVID accelerated a shift that could put new cities at the forefront of American life

December 1, 2021

Omny Studio

Parking mandates drives up housing prices in North American cities, from Vancouver to Los Angeles

October 25, 2021

New York Times

Will the Pandemic Make Los Angeles More Pedestrian-Friendly?

August 23, 2021

San Francisco Chronicle

What are the widest and narrowest residential streets in San Francisco?

July 14, 2021

CityLab

The U.S. Transportation Department’s Quest to Become a Driver of Justice

July 1, 2021

Curbed

Peatónito the Pedestrian Superhero Is Finishing Up Grad School at UCLA

May 6, 2021

Bloomberg Government

Male, White Transportation Staff Complicate Biden Equity Pledge

April 27, 2021

The Journalist's Resource

Want fewer cars on the roads? Don’t offer parking, research suggests

February 23, 2021

KCRW 89.9/Greater LA

A highway project potentially threatening hundreds of homes follows a different script in 2020 LA

November 16, 2020

USA TODAY

Segregated parks linked to higher COVID-19 deaths for Black and Latino Americans

August 22, 2020

Car and Driver

Rainbows, Unicorns, and Room to Drive

May 10, 2020

StreetsBlog (LA & National)

Zero Fatalities Task Force Report: Change the Way Speed Limits Are Set

February 6, 2020

StreetsBlog (LA & National)

Apartments With Free Parking Reduce Transit Ridership

January 29, 2020

KCRW 89.9/Greater LA

The history of fighting over the 710 freeway expansion

November 20, 2019

Los Angeles Daily News

The untold story: How a South Pasadena-based group successfully fought the 710 Freeway extension — twice

June 14, 2019

National Geographic

To Build the Cities of the Future, We Must Get Out of Our Cars

April 1, 2019

KPCC 89.3/Take Two

How California car culture killed the promise of a 20-minute commute

August 5, 2018

Curbed

Lyft and Uber serve low-income communities better than taxis, says study

July 2, 2018

Fortune

Ride-Hailing Apps May Benefit Poor and Minority Communities The Most, Study Suggests

June 30, 2018