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Three UCLA students win national recognition
UCLA students received three of the top national transportation research awards by the Council of University Transportation Centers.
Seven UCLA students receive WTS-LA scholarships
Second-year MURP students Lucie Wu and Greer Cowan received the top WTS-LA award, the Myra L. Frank Memorial Scholarship.
Transportation equity scholar joins UCLA ranks as mentor professor
Regan Patterson returns to Westwood to study sustainable transportation and mentor future engineers.
UCLA at TRB 2023
UCLA will have a significant presence at the 2023 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
UCLA alum urges better use of driving suspensions
For most Americans, driving is essential to daily life, which has made the suspension of licenses an effective threat to a wide range of issues.
Lewis Center/ITS Operations Manager Is UCLA’s 2022 Rising Star
UCLA honors Whitney Willis with an award that recognizes someone who is already making a positive impact and shows leadership potential.
UCLA scholars win best planning article
Blumenberg and King examined how high housing costs are pushing workers farther away from job-rich neighborhoods.
APA recognizes UCLA students, researchers
The American Planning Association (APA) recently announced the winners [...]
UCLA ITS welcomes new equity research manager
Adonia Lugo is a cultural anthropologist who has been studying transportation and race issues for over a decade.
ITS awards capstones tackling safety, health care access
To fulfill their degree requirements, urban planning graduate students [...]
LA’s efforts to address sexual harassment on public transit informed by UCLA research
The effort, which was preceded by a motion passed last June that requested recommendations from several City departments, was spurred on by UCLA research.
UCLA study offers strategy for freeway congestion pricing that reduces burden on low-income residents
The study suggests that if congesting pricing were enacted in California’s six largest urban areas, about 13% of households might be unduly burdened. While tolls could create an equity problem, the revenue generated could also solve it.
Transit in Transition: A UCLA event on the future of public transportation
More than 150 people gathered for the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium, held April 1 at UCLA Covel Commons, to discuss transit's state of transition
Insights from an environmental pioneer: Mary Nichols offers roadmap toward cleaner future
Mary Nichols, longtime champion of emission regulation in California, offers a roadmap toward a cleaner transportation future.
UCLA scholars publish reports on future of California transportation, housing
To help envision a better future for the state, UCLA researchers recently released two reports on the future of housing and transportation, made possible by a California 100 grant.
COVID research team – including seven students – win young professionals award
This rapid-research project produced an impressive amount of publications and tools for measuring the pandemic's impact on transit.
New faculty seeks to advance science of transportation equity
Tierra Bills's dual appointments in engineering and public policy will allow her to develop travel models and measure their community impacts.
UCLA doctoral student named PSR student of the year
Urban planning PhD student Julene Paul studies transportation equity, finance and politics, and regional labor issues.
MURP student uses life experiences to fight for equity in transportation
For Paola Tirado Escareño, unsafe driving conditions in the built environment are personal. And so is the effort to change them.
Transfers Issue 8 looks at age-old issues in new light
The articles in the latest issue of Transfers can shed light on how transportation fits in an uncertain future.