Student Capstone Projects
UCLA Luskin master’s students are required to complete a capstone project to earn their degree. Master or Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) projects can take the form of an applied planning project (client project), a comprehensive group project or a thesis. Master of Public Policy students complete an applied policy project.
- The Client Project is applied planning research on a real-world problem conducted by MURP students. ITS-supported client projects have taken national honors in recent years, including 2023, 2022, and 2021.
- The Comprehensive Projects are similar, in many respects, to the client project, but larger in scope and scale. These projects simulate real world planning practice in that they incorporate students from various areas of concentration working together to research a problem from multiple planning angles.
- Master’s theses focus on posing and answering a research question in planning that has not previously been answered. Research is conducted by a MURP student in conjunction with a faculty committee.
Total Results: 46
2016 | Student Client Project
Commuter Rail Maintenance Contracting: Analyzing The Impacts on Quality & Costs
Zoe Unruh
Client: Southern California Regional Rail Authority
2016 | Student Client Project
Measuring Risk of Residential Displacement Around LA Metro’s New Light-Rail Stations
Camille Stewart
Client: East Los Angeles Community Corporation
2016 | Student Client Project
To Live and Ride in LA: Are Bike Lanes Making Angelenos Safer?
Ryan Taylor-Gratzer
Client: Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
2015 | Student Client Project
Re-inventing the Bus Stop: Design Guidelines and Analysis for Transit-Friendly Parklets in Alameda County
Ben Kaufman
Client: Alameda County Transit
2015 | Student Client Project
The Bus Stops Here: Best Practices in Bus Stop Consolidation and Optimization
Daniel Berez
Client: Houston METRO
2006 | Student Client Project
The Choices of Choice Riders Demand for Light Rail Transit in the Polycentric City: A Look at Culver City and Mid-City Exposition Line
Stephen Crosley