Publications

The Fiscal Effects of COVID-19 on Public Transit in Southern California

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor, Nataly Rios, Hannah King, Fariba Siddiq, Benjamin Bressette

Date:

February 24, 2022

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Transit Finance and the Pandemic

California Local Option Sales Taxes for Transportation During the Pandemic

Author(s):

Natalie Amberg, Hannah King, Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor, Martin Wachs

Date:

October 13, 2021

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

California Local Option Sales Taxes for Transportation during the Pandemic

All Is Not LOST: Tracking California’s Local Option Sales Tax Revenues for Transportation During the Pandemic

Report

Author(s):

Hannah King, Natalie Amberg, Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor, Martin Wachs

Date:

August 25, 2021

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

California Local Option Sales Taxes for Transportation during the Pandemic

Transportation Sales Taxes in Los Angeles: Lessons from 40 Years of Experience

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Martin Wachs, Natalie L. Amberg; Jeremy S. Marks

Date:

August 16, 2021

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

Transportation Sales Taxes in Los Angeles: Lessons from Forty Years of Experience

The Landscape of California’s Local Option Sales Taxes

Author(s):

Eric Dasmalchi, Natalie Amberg

Date:

July 1, 2021

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Daylighting Public Funding Streams: Increasing Equitable Access to Public Transit Across California

Student Capstone

Author(s):

Natalie Amberg, Eric Dasmalchi

Date:

June 1, 2021

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

How and Why Would Congestion Pricing Work?

Report

Author(s):

Michael Manville

Date:

February 1, 2021

Program Area(s):

Traffic, Transportation Finance

Project:

Roads, Density and Prices: A Translational Project

Transportation Sales Taxes in Los Angeles: Lessons From Forty Years of Experience

Author(s):

Martin Wachs, Natalie L. Amberg, Jeremy S. Marks

Date:

January 22, 2021

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

Transportation Sales Taxes in Los Angeles: Lessons from Forty Years of Experience

Roads, Prices, and Shortages: A Gasoline Parable

Author(s):

Michael Manville

Date:

October 1, 2020

Program Area(s):

Traffic, Transportation Finance

Project:

Roads, Density and Prices: A Translational Project

Whose Budget is it Anyway? Demystifying the City of Los Angeles Transportation Budgeting Process (brief)

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Katherine Stiegemeyer

Date:

July 21, 2020

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

Demystifying the City of Los Angeles Transportation Budgeting Process

Changing Plans: Flexibility, Accountability, and Oversight of Local Option Sales Tax Implementation in California (brief)

Author(s):

Jeremy S. Marks

Date:

July 1, 2020

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

Changing Plans: Flexibility, Accountability, and Oversight of Local Option Sales Tax Measure Implementation in California

Changing Plans: Flexibility, Accountability, and Oversight of Local Option Sales Tax Measure Implementation in California

Student Capstone

Author(s):

Jeremy S. Marks

Date:

June 1, 2020

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

Changing Plans: Flexibility, Accountability, and Oversight of Local Option Sales Tax Measure Implementation in California

Whose Budget is it Anyway? Demystifying the City of Los Angeles Transportation Budgeting Process

Author(s):

Katherine Stiegemeyer

Date:

June 1, 2020

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

Demystifying the City of Los Angeles Transportation Budgeting Process

Flattening the Traffic Curve: Infrastructure-Light Solutions

Author(s):

Yidan Chen, Esther Huang

Date:

June 1, 2020

Program Area(s):

Parking, Traffic, Transportation Finance

Project:

Long-Range Strategies for Transit Demand Management in Culver City

Balancing Accountability and Flexibility in California’s Local Option Sales Taxes

Report

Author(s):

Martin Wachs, Jaimee Lederman, Jeremy S. Marks, Hannah King, Tamara Guy

Date:

March 1, 2020

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Project:

Promises and Projects: Examining the Accountability and Flexibility of LOST Expenditure Plans

An Assessment of Performance Measures in the Transportation Development Act

Author(s):

John Gahbauer, Lederman, Jaimee; Huang, Esther; Wachs, Martin; Matute, Juan; Taylor, Brian

Date:

August 28, 2019

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

A Taxing Proposition: A Century of Ballot Box Transportation Planning in Los Angeles

Author(s):

Martin Wachs, Chung, Michelle; Garrett, Mark; King, Hannah; Lu, Ryland; Manville, Michael; Sather, Melissa; Taylor, Brian D.

Date:

February 1, 2018

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Is Traffic Congestion Overrated? Examining the Highly Variable Effects of Congestion on Travel and Accessibility

Policy Brief

Author(s):

Brian D. Taylor, Andrew Mondschein; Ryan Yowell

Date:

January 1, 2018

Program Area(s):

Transportation Finance

Crystal Balls and Black Boxes: Policy Effects on Optimism in Ridership and Cost Forecasts for New Starts Rapid Transit Projects

Author(s):

Carole Turley Voulgaris

Date:

May 1, 2017

Program Area(s):

Public Transit, Transportation Finance

Project:

Crystal Balls and Black Boxes: Policy Effects on Optimism in Ridership and Cost Forecasts for New Starts Rapid Transit Projects