Policy Briefs
Parent: UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
eScholarship stats: Breakdown by Item for January through April, 2025
| Item | Title | Total requests | Download | View-only | %Dnld |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8rn1426w | The Transit Effect: A Decade of Change at LA Metro Rail Stations | 228 | 189 | 39 | 82.9% |
| 1xz8g17k | Road Expansion is a Fundamental Cause of Growth in Vehicle Travel | 226 | 86 | 140 | 38.1% |
| 1zm5t77t | The First Phase of California’s High-Speed Rail Project Provides the Greatest Economic Benefits Compared to Full Build Out | 190 | 70 | 120 | 36.8% |
| 5n138149 | Who Benefits the Most from California’s High-Speed Rail Project? | 151 | 29 | 122 | 19.2% |
| 1wk7t932 | Debt Burden from Automobile Loans Exacerbates Racial Inequality in California’s Communities | 133 | 16 | 117 | 12.0% |
| 3296x53z | Geographic and Regulatory Impacts on Vehicular Homelessness in Los Angeles | 133 | 38 | 95 | 28.6% |
| 5f95k7c7 | Mobility Hubs: Connecting Communities, Expanding Access | 127 | 6 | 121 | 4.7% |
| 29k730kk | Automobile Debt Increased Substantially during the Pandemic | 120 | 21 | 99 | 17.5% |
| 3bp2q1rr | Young Adults Aren’t Leaving Home, Socializing, or Traveling as Much Post-Pandemic | 120 | 4 | 116 | 3.3% |
| 93p7h6dv | Fare-free? Reduced fares? What research tells us about strategies for pricing public transit | 106 | 22 | 84 | 20.8% |
| 02b601tk | Changing Transit Ridership and Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic | 104 | 10 | 94 | 9.6% |
| 98n0x7hh | Freeways' Splitting and Cordoning Effects in Neighborhoods of Color: Colton, Fresno, and San Diego | 96 | 18 | 78 | 18.8% |
| 7n8997r7 | From Freeways to Boulevards: Lessons from Rochester, New York | 85 | 35 | 50 | 41.2% |
| 9qs524sb | A Quiet Revolution in California Transportation Planning and Finance | 84 | 34 | 50 | 40.5% |
| 0099k9mr | Traveling Without a Car in Los Angeles: Mobility Challenges Faced by Carless and Car-Deficit Households | 82 | 47 | 35 | 57.3% |
| 1g47j2vx | Jobs-Housing Balance in California Cities | 82 | 6 | 76 | 7.3% |
| 6cg12850 | Is housing affordability associated with shorter commutes for low-income workers? | 77 | 57 | 20 | 74.0% |
| 14w0m0bq | The Drive for Dollars: How Fiscal Politics Shaped Urban Freeways and Transformed American Cities | 72 | 26 | 46 | 36.1% |
| 5ss3454r | A Gendered View of Mobility and Transport: Next Steps and Future Directions | 72 | 36 | 36 | 50.0% |
| 5zb208gz | Advancing Shade and Lighting Equity at Bus Stops in Los Angeles | 72 | 46 | 26 | 63.9% |
| 3k56t02m | Whose Budget is it Anyway? Demystifying the City of Los Angeles Transportation Budgeting Process | 70 | 4 | 66 | 5.7% |
| 57c4b46k | The Need for Thoughtful Bus Lane Strategies to Enhance Street Safety in Los Angeles | 70 | 7 | 63 | 10.0% |
| 40r2j6zh | Building Transit Safety Surveys that Matter: Lessons from San Francisco Muni | 69 | 12 | 57 | 17.4% |
| 25j1w20d | Three Lanes Good, Two Lanes Better? An Analysis of Unconventional Road Diet Typology in Los Angeles | 68 | 30 | 38 | 44.1% |
| 0jm2d235 | Four Case Studies on the Effects of Freeway Siting on Neighborhoods of Color | 64 | 23 | 41 | 35.9% |
| 8943b1xm | Going Nowhere Fast: Why Personal Travel is Down Across the U.S. | 63 | 16 | 47 | 25.4% |
| 505847r4 | Vehicle Ownership Trends and Their Implications for Transit Ridership | 59 | 12 | 47 | 20.3% |
| 9gc8s8xt | HopSkipDrive to the Rescue: How a Ride-hailing Company Provides Crucial Transportation to School for Vulnerable Student Populations | 59 | 11 | 48 | 18.6% |
| 3wx1q2v4 | Homelessness in Transit Environments: Survey Findings | 57 | 9 | 48 | 15.8% |
| 6qn1n07q | Gender Equity in Transportation for Unhoused Women | 57 | 30 | 27 | 52.6% |
| 58c6n6dm | Impacts of Freeway Siting on Stockton’s Asian American Community | 56 | 12 | 44 | 21.4% |
| 2cd888nq | Student Transportation Options Provided by California Community Colleges Often Limited to Parking Permits and Transit Passes | 55 | 16 | 39 | 29.1% |
| 2xf6798p | The Eighty-Five Percent Solution: Is Crowdsourcing Speed Limits the Best Approach to Traffic Safety? | 55 | 18 | 37 | 32.7% |
| 3b81t7bm | Americans are Spending More Time at Home and Traveling Less Post-Pandemic | 52 | 4 | 48 | 7.7% |
| 35p6w3sc | Commute Distance and Jobs-Housing Fit in Los Angeles | 51 | 31 | 20 | 60.8% |
| 72j1z9dk | 3 PM Is the New 5 PM: Post-Pandemic Travel Patterns in Southern California Are Shifting | 51 | 21 | 30 | 41.2% |
| 53k58197 | Traffic Trumps All: Examining the Effect of Traffic Impact Analyses on Urban Housing | 49 | 11 | 38 | 22.4% |
| 7zt9k47v | Why is Public Transit Falling in the San Francisco Bay Area, and What Might be Done About It? | 49 | 7 | 42 | 14.3% |
| 32r5q7sz | The Equity Challenges and Outcomes of California County Transportation Sales Taxes | 48 | 19 | 29 | 39.6% |
| 7g96n29x | Hate to Wait: Effects of Wait Time on Public Transit Travelers’ Perceptions | 48 | 12 | 36 | 25.0% |
| 7rd4f3x4 | Public Transit’s Post-pandemic Fiscal Challenges | 48 | 7 | 41 | 14.6% |
| 0sx8s7k7 | Better Parking Policy Can Make California Transportation More Sustainable | 47 | 9 | 38 | 19.1% |
| 0wj6c129 | Issues and Reforms for California’s Transit Workers | 47 | 6 | 41 | 12.8% |
| 11c7b3bj | Older Adults are Driving Later inLife, but Getting Out Less | 47 | 5 | 42 | 10.6% |
| 4zr2x79n | Homelessness in State Transportation Environments | 47 | 14 | 33 | 29.8% |
| 0fb2z2rd | Car-less or Car-free? Socioeconomic and Mobility Differences Among Zero-Car Households | 46 | 25 | 21 | 54.3% |
| 22c5g90w | Access to Child Care: Does it Vary by Neighborhood Type? | 46 | 11 | 35 | 23.9% |
| 6jt6w4r2 | Driven to Debt: Social Reproduction and (Auto)Mobility in Los Angeles | 45 | 16 | 29 | 35.6% |
| 52z8w5pb | The Future of Working Away from Work | 44 | 12 | 32 | 27.3% |
| 5nk4n1rc | Connected and Automated Vehicle Impacts in Southern California: Travel Behavior, Demand, and Transportation System Perspectives | 44 | 15 | 29 | 34.1% |
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