Guest Lecture: Jarrett Walker presents “Transit: Freedom through Geometry”

Jarrett Walker will be coming to UCLA on Thursday to deliver a guest lecture.  Jarrett is a consultant living in Sydney, Australia, who does work on transit planning and policy.  He has a professional blog at:  www.humantransit.org   Transit: Freedom through Geometry Much of the public debate about public transit is about technology.  Should we […]

Nisha Botchwey on “Toward an engagement model of planning: Photovoice and healthy communities in South Africa and Central Virginia”

Throughout the 2010-1011 academic year, the Department of Urban Planning and the Lewis Center presents the Harvey S. Perloff lectures on The Future of Urban Planning. The lecture series, in honor of planning pioneer and long-time UCLA Dean Harvey S. Perloff, includes a diverse array of urban, regional, and planning scholars reflecting on what they […]

Manuel Pastor speaks on “Planning for Equity, Fighting for Justice: Planners, Organizers and the Struggle for Metropolitan Inclusion”

Throughout the 2010-1011 academic year, the Department of Urban Planning and the Lewis Center will present the Harvey S. Perloff lectures on The Future of Urban Planning. The lecture series, in honor of planning pioneer and long-time UCLA Dean Harvey S. Perloff, includes a diverse array of urban, regional, and planning scholars reflecting on what […]

Alan Altshuler speaks on “A View from Political Science”

Throughout the 2010-1011 academic year, the Department of Urban Planning and the Lewis Center will present the Harvey S. Perloff lectures on The Future of Urban Planning. The lecture series, in honor of planning pioneer and long-time UCLA Dean Harvey S. Perloff, includes a diverse array of urban, regional, and planning scholars reflecting on what […]

Conference: Complete Streets for Los Angeles – The Vision and the Challenge

A complete streets approach promises full inclusion in transportation projects, from design through operation, to enable safe access for all users. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists, and public transportation users of all ages and abilities are able to safely move along and across a complete street, including drivers, public transportation riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists as well as […]

Reception to welcome Professor Emeritus Martin Wachs back to UCLA

Please join the UCLA Lewis Center and Urban Planning Department for hors d'oeuvres and refreshments to welcome Professor Emeritus Martin Wachs back to UCLA  Martin Wachs was a professor of civil and environmental engineering and professor of city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also served as director of the […]