Transportation is often a means to an end – a way to access goods, services, or opportunities. Transportation is inextricably linked with the built environment and quality of life. The Transportation & Communities program examines transit-oriented communities; transportation and urban design; linkages between gentrification, displacement, and mobility; active transportation; pedestrian and bicycle planning; complete streets; and livable streets.

LEAD SCHOLAR

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Professor of Urban Planning

Spotlight

In the News

Los Angeles Times

Only Los Angeles could spend $1.5 billion to make airport traffic worse

December 16, 2025

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Streetsblog Cal

UCLA Report Shows How Freeway Construction Last Century Was Used to Destroy and Divide Communities of Color

November 25, 2025

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Los Angeles Times

LAX approved $1.5 billion to relieve traffic. Opponents say it won’t work

November 15, 2025

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Scientific American

Global Study Reveals Best Cities for Walking and Cycling

November 14, 2025

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Journal Articles

Transit neighborhoods, commercial gentrification, and traffic crashes: Exploring the linkages in Los Angeles and the Bay Area

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Silvia Gonzalez, Karen Chapple

Journal of Transport Geography, 2019

Travel and the Built Environment: Time for Change

Michael Manville

Journal of the American Planning Association, 2017

Automatic Street Widening: Evidence From a Highway Dedication Law

Michael Manville

Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2017

Turning Cities Inside Out: Transportation and the Resurgence of Downtowns in North America

Martin Wachs

Transportation, 2013

Faculty Projects

Student Projects

Broxton Plaza: A Strategy for Community Revitalization in Westwood
Eisha Shakeel

Client: Westwood Village Improvement Association

Los Angeles County Joint Development Policy
Luis R Garcia Chavez

Client: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors District 3

Pathway to a Greener LA: Prioritizing the Mobility Plan 2035 Green Network
Madilynn Hamilton

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Scholars

Study transportation at the #1 public university

Transportation-related degrees at UCLA

Master of Public Policy in Transportation

Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering in Transportation

Master of Urban and Regional Planning in Transportation

Master’s in Civil Engineering in Transportation

Ph.D. Urban Planning in Transportation

Ph.D. Civil Engineering in Transportation

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