Promotional graphic for a UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies event titled “Reparative Development: Destination Crenshaw as a Model for Community-Led Infrastructure,” featuring a speaker headshot, a highway/urban design background, and event details: Wednesday, April 29, 12:30–1:45 pm PT.

For communities that have been displaced or bypassed by transit for decades, transit must be more than a tool for mobility. Don't miss Destination Crenshaw's Jason Foster live next week for a critical discussion on reparative development www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

Interim Dean Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris stands at a podium. Beside her is a presentation slide depicting an image of a subway platform and text on sexual harassment in transit environments.

🎤 Moments from UCLA Luskin Summit 2026: Interim Dean Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris emphasized the need to review safety policies through a gender lens so we can better understand their impact on women.

Learn more about this transit safety work here: lewis.ucla.edu/publi...

graphic for the report "Beyond Copenhagen: Walking & Cycling Success Stories from Cities Worldwide" by the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. The left side shows the report cover, featuring a stylized bicycle with a globe as its rear wheel. The right side includes a quote: "Danish and Dutch cities are well known for their superb infrastructure that supports active travel. Our results show that their reputation is well deserved, but that cities can also look to a wider range of role models for inspiration. ... The wider message for local policy makers is that they have many models from which to seek inspiration."

Local investments to encourage walking and cycling have the collective potential to reduce global emissions by 6%, according to a recent study by UCLA ITS and Google. Learn more about how we can reach these global climate and health benefits escholarship.org/uc/... #UCLATransportation100

Graphic promoting the Spring Perloff Lecture Series on L.A.’s transportation future, held Wednesdays in April and May from 12:30–1:45 pm PT, featuring speakers Jason Foster, Jody Litvak, Erick Guerra, and Genevieve Giuliano, with UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies branding.

The spring lineup for our Perloff lecture series is here! After covering the historic forces that have shaped how we get around L.A., we now turn to the future of transportation — and how to ensure mobility for all. youtube.com/playlist... #UCLATransportation100

The Global Potential for Walking and Cycling A groundbreaking new study from UCLA and Google analyzed travel patterns in more than 11,500 cities — representing about 41% of the world’s urban population — making it the most comprehensive global study of active transportation to date. The findings show that cities with dense, people-centered str

Cities around the world have embraced active transportation as a climate strategy. What if this happened on a global scale? Researchers from UCLA ITS teamed up with Google to find out. Explore the research and policy playbook here youtu.be/zc3STVVfN1U...
#WorldHealthDay #UCLATransportation100

Illustrated graphic of a parking lot help kiosk with a “HELP” sign, UCLA Center for Parking Policy logo, and text reading “Your parking questions—answered. Visit the Parking Help Desk” with parkingpolicycenter@its.ucla.edu displaced in front of a yellow oval.

The parking help desk is officially open! Send your questions to parkingpolicycenter@... and get connected with case studies, policy guidance & more. Follow UCLA CPP on LinkedIn here linkedin.com/showcas...

Black-and-white scan of a flyer for UCLA's 1st Annual Transportation Faire '79 on April 25-26 featuring a panel on future transportation alternatives for Los Angeles. An illustration of a flying bus appears soaring over "UCLA" in block letters sitting on top of a pile of cars at the top of the flyer. Image credit: Daily Bruin

Event banner for the 35th Lake Arrowhead Symposium titled "New Mobility, Automated Vehicles and Cities," taking place April 12-24, 2026. Text appears on a dark blue background with an animated isometric drawing on the right of a city intersection featuring several buildings, a construction crane, several different types of vehicles (cars and buses) and signage for "Passenger Pickup Spot" and "Transit Pickup Spot", and a few people walking or biking down the sidewalk or street.

In 1979, Marty Wachs held UCLA's 1st annual transportation fair to discuss the future of transportation alternatives for L.A. More than 50 years later, we're still looking forward. Learn more about Arrowhead 2026 "New Mobility, Automated Vehicles and Cities" www.uclaarrowheadsym...

Black-and-white photo of a controlled car crash test, with two sedans colliding while cameras and sensors record the impact. Image credit: UCLA Samueli School of Engineering

A self-driving test car with roof-mounted sensors drives along a campus walkway as pedestrians pass nearby. Image Credit: Daily Bruin

From the first seatbelts to self-driving cars, UCLA has long led mobility and safety research. In the 1950s–60s, researchers pioneered crash testing. Today, UCLA’s Mobility Lab leads cutting-edge research on new mobility & AVs. www.youtube.com/watc... #UCLATransportation100

New report looks at Highway 99's destruction of West Fresno 400 West Fresno homes were demolished — and 1,000 residents displaced — to clear the way for the 99 freeway in the 1950s, a new report says.

Fresnoland spoke with descendants of West Fresno’s Chinatown and Germantown residents displaced by Highway 99 in the 1950s. UCLA ITS & the Center for Neighborhood Knowledge quantified the impacts unchosen routes would have had in minimizing the destruction. Keep reading here

“Stop” and Think about It How the Different Interpretations of What Counts as a “Major Transit Stop” in California Make a Difference

How do you define a "major transit stop?" With several housing incentives tied to major transit stops, the answer has big implications for the future of CA's housing crisis.

Our @uclaits.bsky.social colleagues have a great report explaining more.
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The Road to Repair: Transforming Infrastructure to Advance Environmental Justice The automobile-dominated transportation system has historically and disproportionately harmed low-income communities and communities of color, dividing neighborhoods, increasing exposure to traffic and noise pollution, and contributing to long-term health and economic disparities. This virtual mini-

Earlier this month, we sat down with transportation planners and community champions who have been leading groundbreaking work to remove freeways and reconnect communities in California. Listen to their takeaways for advancing environmental justice here

100 Lecture Series: Improving L.A.'s Transportation Policy Outcomes - YouTube Joshua Schank is a Partner at InfraStrategies LLC, where he leads a practice focused on innovation, strategic planning, and technology. He is also a Senior F...

🚨 Happening soon! Don't miss Joshua Schank live for a sneak peek of his upcoming book "New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies." We’ll get started shortly after 10:30 am PT to wrap up classroom logistics. www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

What counts as a 'major transit stop'? Depends on who you ask. Wide differences in local interpretation of California's recent bills to allow more housing near transit have major implications for local housing capacity and transit service. StoryMap here storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/41f8...

Happy 21st anniversary to Donald Shoup's "High Cost of Free Parking"! For those who don't have time to read all 800 pages, revisit this brief explainer Shoup wrote on the book's three bold ideas for parking reform that have since inspired a global movement transfersmagazine.org/2018/07/19/d...

Metro ambassadors are out every day making the transit system safer and more welcoming

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.

There is still time to register for our virtual mini-symposium on infrastructure and environmental justice! We'll be getting started on Zoom at 10:00 am P.T.

🔗Register here: ucla.zoom.us/meeting...

Session 3: Shoup and the City | LA Transportation Forum Renowned UCLA Urban Planning Professor Donald Shoup changed how transportation professionals thought about parking, even if they didn’t read all 808 pages of his book, The High Cost of Free Parking. Shoup passed away in February 2025, but his ideas live on. Panelists discuss the impact of Donald Sho

Most known for championing parking reform, Donald Shoup was also a major catalyst behind transit-oriented innovations at the 1984 Games in L.A. like bundling transit & event tickets. Listen to other reflections on Shoup's impact on planning practice here

Graphic promoting event. On the left is a headshot of Joshua Schank. Event text reads: "Improving L.A.'s Transportation Policy Outcomes." On the right, a yellow box lists the date and time: “Wednesday, March 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 the 110 freeway passing through downtown Los Angeles at night appears semi-translucent behind a blue background.

Go behind the scenes at Metro’s Office of Strategic Innovation and see how a small team turned big ideas into real change. Join us live March 11 for a conversation with Joshua Schank on his book "New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies." www.youtube.com/live... #UCLATransportation100

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.

Storymap here storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c72e...

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.
www.its.ucla.edu/2026/02/05/w...

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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