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Beyond Copenhagen

Researchers from UCLA and Google conducted the most comprehensive global study of active transportation to date and found expanding city-level walking and cycling infrastructure globally could cut carbon emissions from personal vehicles by 6% and generate $435 billion in health benefits annually.

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Streetsblog Cal

UC Berkeley Report Says California Transportation Policy Is Still Built for Cars — and It’s Deepening Inequality

January 22, 2026

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Streetsblog USA

What the ‘Abundance’ Agenda Could Mean For Equitable Transportation

January 20, 2026

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CalMatters

What would it take to make housing, energy, and transportation affordable in California?

January 14, 2026

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LAist

How did LA transit riders evacuate from the fires?

January 8, 2026

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A stylized cityscape with wind turbines and homes on hills, train and vehicles. In the foreground, man walks hand-in-hand with two children.

A transportation abundance agenda means rethinking investment and management so people can reach what they need, not just move faster or farther through inefficient systems.

A site visit to Shiloh, Alabama, revealed how a highway expansion created new flooding patterns and grounded climate-risk modeling in community experiences.

Ellen Schwartz and Donald Shoup stand next to each other, smiling and posing for a picture in front of a colorful abstract mural

Three years after earning her master’s degree, Ellen Schwartz has returned to UCLA, where she’ll provide technical assistance to local and state officials throughout the policymaking process — from evaluation to implementation.

The Mobility Lab/UCLA Light detection and ranging data from multiple connected and automated vehicles combined to create a single, large-scale perception map of the roadway

The CP-X initiative will develop systems that let vehicles, infrastructure and road users share real-time awareness to improve safety.

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Transfers Magazine is the biannual research publication of the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center (PSR), a federally-funded network of eight partner campuses in Arizona, California, and Hawaii.