Each fall since 1991 the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies and the UCLA Extension Public Policy Program have organized a three-day invitation-only symposium on the Transportation - Land Use - Air Quality Connection. This invitation-only symposium is attended by over 125 public, private, and academic leaders, and is sponsored by almost two-dozen public and private […]
Director of the UCLA Program on Local Government Climate Action Policies Juan Matute talks about the policy implications of measuring GHG emissions from transportation
Los Angeles City Planning Commissioner Michael Woo will talk about how he sees climate and policy changing the built environment of Los Angeles.
Abode Communities Vice President and Director of Architecture Tim Kohut, AIA and LEED AP, speaks about challenges to building zero net energy affordable housing by 2020.
Former State Assemblyman and Metro Board Member Richard Katz, will discuss his experience on the SB 375 Regional Targets Advisory Committee and its mission of establishing emission reduction goals.
Environmental Defense Fund Director Kathryn Phillips will speak about what local governments are doing to reduce GHG intensity of transportation.
UCLA Professor and author of the 2006 Brookings Institution book Green Cities Matthew Kahn will share his latest research on how we use energy at home.
The State of California’s transportation system is at a fiscal crossroads. Population and travel continue to grow, but traditional sources of transportation revenues, like the motor fuels tax, have been lagging for years and new revenue sources, like local option sales taxes, have only partially filled the widening gap. Projections show that fuel taxes would […]
