Mapping Safer Streets: Paul Louboutin’s Summer at LADOT
MURP student Paul Louboutin applies his urban planning education to transportation equity and pedestrian safety in street design projects with the LADOT.
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Cycling Toward Stability: How Bikes Help the Unhoused UCLA ITS’s Jacob Lawrence Wasserman highlights bikes as a low-cost mobility lifeline.
UCLA ITS’s Jacob Lawrence Wasserman highlights bikes as a low-cost mobility lifeline.
UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge Report Highlights Surge in Non-Criminal Immigration Arrests in Washington State New report documents rising arrests of non-criminal immigrants and disproportionate impacts on vulnerable communities
New report from UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge shows a rise in arrests of non-criminal immigrants and disproportionate impacts on vulnerable communities.
Jorja Leap on Building Trust and Lasting Change in Watts 60 Years After the Riots Leap underscores the need for genuine respect and trust-building, rather than symbolic gestures alone.
Nearly six decades after the 1965 Watts Riots, sparked by a routine traffic stop that spiraled into six days of violence and civil unrest, the South Los Angeles community has seen pockets of progress, from improved healthcare access to innovative …
Summer Job Diaries: Margaret Saunders MPP ’26 From the Classroom to NASA: A Summer at the Intersection of Data, Policy, and the Planet
Margaret Saunders MPP ’26 spends a summer at the intersection of data and policy in the NASA Develop internship program.
Michael Manville Critiques L.A.’s Vision Zero: Progress ‘Incredibly Disappointing” Urban planning expert Michael Manville says Los Angeles’ Vision Zero traffic safety initiative has failed to deliver
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 …
Vote16USA National Convening Unites Youth Organizers, Advocates at UCLA Luskin Youth from across the country gathered at UCLA to strategize, mobilize, and build momentum for the national movement to lower the voting age to 16.
Youth leaders from across the country gathered at UCLA to advance national movement to lower the voting age to 16.
Rising Temperatures Cause Students to Underperform Across the World UCLA’s Edith de Guzman highlights how overheated classrooms are widening educational inequities.
UCLA’s Edith de Guzman highlights how rising temperatures in classrooms are widening educational inequities.
Indonesia’s Democratization at a Crossroads: BGI Report Highlights Rising Challenges Despite robust economic gains and improved public goods provision, Indonesia faces mounting hurdles in governance.
Despite robust economic gains and improved public goods provision, Indonesia faces mounting hurdles in governance.
Underpaying and Overusing Our Roads: The True Cost of Driving UCLA Luskin’s Mike Manville is challenging how we think about traffic, housing, and fairness.
UCLA Luskin’s Mike Manville is challenging how we think about traffic, housing, and fairness.
