UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies

Graphic promoting “The Road to Repair: Transforming Infrastructure to Advance Environmental Justice,” a UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies mini-symposium, held Monday, March 2 on Zoom at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, shown on a blue patterned background with yellow and white text.

We are one week away from our virtual mini-symposium on justice-focused approaches to freeway removal and reconnecting communities long impacted by these systems. Check out the full speaker lineup and register here www.its.ucla.edu/tri...

See you there!

In the 1950s & '60s, a new route of the Foothill Freeway (I-210) displaced nearly 3,000 predominantly Black residents in Pasadena’s northwest neighborhoods — while an alternate route that would have impacted far fewer people was rejected.

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100 Lecture Series: Investing in Sidewalks and Streets - YouTube Jessica Meaney is the founder and executive director of Investing in Place, a leading voice for reimagining Los Angeles' public realm—sidewalks, streets, and...

Happening soon! Don't miss Investing in Place founder Jessica Meaney live for a conversation on reimagining our transportation infrastructure as more than just places to move. We’ll get started shortly after 10:30am PT to wrap up classroom logistics www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

Event flyer featuring a blue patterned background with circular motifs and yellow text reading ‘The Road to Repair: Panel 2—Solutions and Opportunities in Freeway Removal,’ featuring headshots of Dr. Ben Crowther, Randolph Belle, and Yesenia Perez with their organizational affiliations.

A freeway-free future is not only possible, it's already happening.
Join us March 2 to explore freeway removal and redesign in CA, with case studies and strategies to reconnect communities, reduce environmental harm, and advance transportation equity. ucla.zoom.us/meeting...

Black-and-white photo of people walking up the Janss Steps toward UCLA campus, with Drake Stadium, parked cars, and hillside buildings visible in the background.

Black-and-white aerial view of the UCLA campus in 1956, showing campus buildings, parking lots, surrounding neighborhoods, and hills in the distance.

UCLA wasn't always the walkable and bikeable campus it is today. These photos capture the surface parking lots that nearly covered campus in the 1950s & '60s. Learn more about UCLA's transformation from auto-focused to multimodal here www.its.ucla.edu/pub... #UCLATransportation100

100 Lecture Series The Perloff Lecture Series on 100 Years of Transportation Research at UCLA is presented by the UCLA Department of Urban Planning and the UCLA Institute of Tr...

All year, the 2025–26 Perloff Lecture Series celebrates 100 years of transportation research at UCLA. After covering historic forces and dynamics this fall, we turn to the current state of transportation in LA this winter. Speaker lineup and recordings here

100 Lecture Series: L.A. From the Viewpoint of A Walker - YouTube Alissa Walker is a writer based in Los Angeles where she has covered transportation, housing, urban design, public space, and environmental policy for two de...

Don't miss Alissa Walker live! The LA Podcast co-host will share a journalist's perspective on the investments & policy decisions shaping L.A. as it enters its mega-event hosting era. We’ll get started shortly after 10:30 am PT to wrap up classroom logistics

Event flyer featuring a blue patterned background with circular motifs and yellow text reading ‘The Road to Repair: Panel 1—Impacts and Inequities of Freeway Construction,’ featuring headshots of Adam Paul Susaneck, Demetria Murphy, Amy Castañeda, and Dilia Ortega with their organizational affiliations.

Freeways didn't just transform vehicle travel, they reshaped communities. Join community advocates and transportation planners on March 2 for a deep-dive into the impacts of freeway construction on communities of color. Learn more and register here ucla.zoom.us/meeting...

What if transportation abundance policy focused on access, not just mobility? - UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies 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 transportation abundance agenda means rethinking investment and management so people can reach what they need, not just move faster or farther through inefficient systems.
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Graphic promoting event. On the left is a headshot of Jessica Meaney. Event text reads: "Investing in Sidewalks and Streets." On the right, a yellow box lists the date and time: “Wednesday, February 18th, 10:30–11:45 am PT.” At the bottom are the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies logo and a “100 Years in Motion” centennial mark. An image of a person skateboarding on a street in front of a two-story apartment building appears semi-translucent behind a blue background.

Sidewalks and streets can do more than facilitate movement. Join Investing in Place founder Jessica Meaney on Feb. 18 for a conversation on reimagining transportation structure as vital public spaces www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

100 Lecture Series: Strategic Innovation for L.A. Transportation - YouTube Seleta Reynolds has 25 years of experience in transportation in both the public and private sector. As CIO of LA Metro, her responsibilities include deliveri...

Happening soon! Join LA Metro's Seleta Reynolds live to learn how Los Angeles is innovating its transportation systems to host global mega-events. We’ll get started a few minutes after 10:30am PT to wrap up classroom logistics. www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

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California eliminated parking requirements near transit. The result?
Less dramatic than supporters promised — and less disruptive than critics feared.

This policy brief finds AB 2097’s impact depends heavily on local interpretation.
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Graphic promoting “The Road to Repair: Transforming Infrastructure to Advance Environmental Justice,” a UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies mini-symposium, held Monday, March 2 on Zoom at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, shown on a blue patterned background with yellow and white text.

Join us March 2 for a virtual mini-symposium exploring how justice-focused approaches to freeway removal can reconnect communities and support more equitable and sustainable urban environments. Register here www.its.ucla.edu/tri...

Graphic promoting event. On the left is a headshot of Alissa Walker. Event text reads: "L.A. From the Viewpoint of A Walker" On the right, a yellow box lists the date and time: “Wednesday, February 11th, 10:30–11:45 am PT.” At the bottom are the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies logo and a “100 Years in Motion” centennial mark. An image of a large city park with several trees and walking paths appears semi-translucent behind a blue background.

Join urbanism journalist and LA Podcast co-host Alissa Walker on Feb 11 for a conversation on the investments and policy decisions shaping L.A. as it prepares to enter its global mega-event hosting era. Tune in live here www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

100 Year Lecture Series: L.A.’s transportation and infrastructure is broken. We can fix it. - YouTube A lifelong Angeleno and car enthusiast, Michael Schneider gave up his car a decade ago and started using a bicycle to get around the car capital of the count...

Happening soon! Join us at 10:30 am PT for a conversation with LA Streets for All Founder Michael Schneider on grassroots advocacy and fixing the city's transportation and infrastructure www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

Black-and-white photo of several buses parked at a hillside bus stop, with people walking near a small shelter and benches, trees and campus buildings in the background.

Black-and-white photo of a row of parking meters along a paved curb beside parked cars, with a grassy lawn, large trees, and a boulder in the background.

Picturing a parking lot at the bottom of UCLA's iconic Janss steps — or imagining campus before parking meters and permits — may be difficult to imagine today. Discover more hidden gems from our #UCLATransportation100 white paper here www.its.ucla.edu/pub...

Mark your calendars for this event from our UCLA colleagues, based on this research: www.its.ucla.edu/publication/...

@kcrw.com reports on the benefits and areas of improvement for @metrolosangeles.bsky.social's transit ambassador program, from @uclaits.bsky.social and @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social's research: www.kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-r... @mbrozen.bsky.social

Graphic promoting event. On the left is a headshot of Seleta Reynolds. Event text reads: "Strategic Innovation for L.A. Transportation." On the right, a yellow box lists the date and time: “Wednesday, February 4th, 10:30–11:45 am PT.” At the bottom are the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies logo and a “100 Years in Motion” centennial mark. An image of an underground LA Metro light rail train car passing through a platform appears semi-translucent behind a blue background.

Join us live Feb 4 as LA Metro chief innovation officer Seleta Reynolds shares an insider's perspective as Los Angeles prepares its transportation system to host global mega-events www.youtube.com/live...
#UCLATransportation100

Graphic promoting event. On the left is a headshot of Michael Schneider. Event text reads: "L.A.'s Transportation and Infrastructure is Broken. We Can Fix It." On the right, a yellow box lists the date and time: “Wednesday, January 28th, 10:30–11:45 am PT.” At the bottom are the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies logo and a “100 Years in Motion” centennial mark. An image of a protected bike lane with cyclists running parallel to a city street with cars appears semi-translucent behind a blue background.

Join LA Streets for All founder Michael Schneider live on Jan 28 for a conversation on the state of street safety and multimodal transportation in Los Angeles — and the grassroots advocacy behind recent policy wins like Measure HLA www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

Graphic announcing the 2025 Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Neville A. Parker Memorial Award, featuring a report cover image and a portrait of a smiling young man standing in front of green cactus plants.

Four the win! 🎉 A Bruin has taken home the national prize for best transportation master's planning project—for the 4th year in a row.

Congrats, Nick Giorgio MURP ’25! Partnering with LADOT, his capstone examined which intersection designs best slow traffic & improve safety www.its.ucla.edu/202...

An image of a train at a transit station. Text over the image reads: "An Abundance Agenda for Transportation". Beneath that are logos for the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, the Abundance Accelerator and the Possibility Lab at UC Berkeley.

A graphic showing a report cover image on the left side featuring a train coming into a station. The right side has a pull quote that reads: "An abundance policy for transportation should support broader abundance through access: making it easier for everyone to get to what they need. Allowing people to access their needs means 1) supplying more mobility choices ... and 2) supporting land use policy and government programs that facilitate access within neighborhoods, multimodal hubs, or over smaller distances." Juan Matute, deputy director. UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies logo on the bottom

Scarcity is a choice. So is designing systems that work for people. Our new memo, An Abundance Agenda for Transportation, is out with UC Berkeley's Possibility Lab — calling for policies that support access-first, people-centered transportation. Learn more 👇
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Flyer for the UCLA Perloff Lecture Series on 100 Years of Transportation Research, featuring a blue-toned street scene background, UCLA Urban Planning and Institute of Transportation Studies logos, Wednesday dates January–March from 10:30–11:45 a.m., and a QR code with a link to join live.

Founded in 1968 as the School of Architecture and Urban Planning under dean Harvey S. Perloff, our Perloff lecture series honors his legacy. Check out the 2025-26 speaker lineup here youtube.com/playlist... #UCLATransportation100

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Since LA Metro launched its Transit Ambassador pilot in 2022, riders report improved safety perceptions and customer experience. New research from UCLA ITS & UCLA Lewis Center builds on these early results, showing promise as the program moves in house. More here www.its.ucla.edu/pro...

UCLA Study Finds Metro Transit Ambassador Program Is Benefitting Metro Riders - Streetsblog Los Angeles "Overall, ambassadors contribute to improved passenger experiences and play a needed role not well-served by other existing staff or system design features."

UCLA report finds the Metro Ambassador program is a success la.streetsblog.org/2026/01/05/u...

A group of people walks alongside the road with grass and trees on either side around sunset.

In Shiloh, AL, flooding worsened after a 2017 highway expansion elevated US 84 above nearby homes.

Researchers from UCLA ITS recently visited the community to document residents' lived experiences & inform future flood predictions and transportation planning. More here www.its.ucla.edu/202...

UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Director Adam Millard-Ball stands at a podium at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center with a presentation slide behind him announcing the UCLA Center for Parking Policy, supported by Arnold Ventures.

Audience members smile and look on as two people (contributing authors) stand during an indoor event, while others sit and watch attentively.

Side-by-side photos show an older man posing on a bicycle next to curb parking signs ("Blue X permit only" on the left and "University vehicles only" on the right). The man poses in the same spot decades apart—left in black and white as a younger man, right in color as an older man—wearing a similar patterned sweater and a helmet.

An older man with a white beard sits smiling in a lecture hall, holding a program, with other attendees seated behind him against a patterned wall.

In early 2025, we were deeply saddened by the passing of Donald Shoup, a beloved colleague and academic whose work transformed global parking policy. Here's a look back on a few tributes from this year — and the work we're doing to carry on his legacy luskin.ucla.edu/reme...

2025 at UCLA ITS: A Year of Impact, Innovation and Tribute As we close out 2025, we at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies reflect on a landmark year — one shaped by profound loss, new beginnings and momentum as we head into 2026.

In a rapidly changing world, the field of transportation must constantly evolve. This year, research teams partnered with wildfire- and freeway-impacted communities, piloted new data tools, and collaborated across disciplines to address urgent challenges. mailchi.mp/its/2025-at-...

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We also gathered mobility technology providers, decision-makers, and experts in the field for a stakeholder roundtable workshop on emerging mobility technologies and cities, hosted by the Center of Excellence on New Mobility and Automated Vehicles. Learn more about the COE here www.mobilitycoe.org