The Los Angeles Times article examines the harsh reality of implementation challenges for ambitious urban goals like phasing out gas-powered vehicles or becoming a fully interconnected Smart City. Most notably, the Vision Zero initiative—the city’s pledge to end traffic deaths …
Youth leaders from across the country gathered at UCLA to advance national movement to lower the voting age to 16.
UCLA’s Edith de Guzman highlights how rising temperatures in classrooms are widening educational inequities.
Despite robust economic gains and improved public goods provision, Indonesia faces mounting hurdles in governance.
UCLA Luskin’s Mike Manville is challenging how we think about traffic, housing, and fairness.
Mike Manville explains how traffic congestion signals economic growth and how unregulated road access worsens it.
Dr. Minjee Kim, assistant professor of urban planning at UCLA Luskin, was featured on the Building Better Cities podcast in the episode titled “Who Rebuilds LA? Planning Post-Fire Recovery with Dr. Minjee Kim.” In the wake of the devastating LA …
In a recent CNBC feature, urban planning expert Prof. Kim discusses the social and economic forces driving Americans toward gated living.
ShadeLA aims to expand urban tree canopy and shade infrastructure, building heat resilience for Angelenos
A team of UCLA engineers and researchers has developed a new technique to make it feel up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit cooler outside while preserving a sense of safe and open space.
