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.

Do you have a student research project idea? Let us know by July 19, 2024

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Total Results: 59

2024 | Student Client Project

Bridging the Gap: Gender Equity in Transportation for Unhoused Women
DaYoung Lee

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Transportation & Communities, Transportation Finance

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Master's Thesis

Creatively Transforming Transportation: Collaborating with Artists as a Model Towards Reparative Planning in Transportation
Lilith Winkler-Schor

Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Enhancing Mobility and Access for Carless & Car-Deficit Households in Los Angeles
Alyssa Suzukawa

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Next Stop: Transit Oriented Communities
Adria Stauber

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Piloting the Future: Strategies for Short-Term Transportation Projects
Josephine Dine

Client: Southern California Association of Governments

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Reforming the Freeway Divide to Close Gaps and Reconnect Communities
Hudson Handel

Client: City Fabrick

Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

Revitalizing Rural Transit: Transit Analysis and Recommendations for Siskiyou County, California
Mia Lewis

Client: Siskiyou County Local Transportation Commission

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

REPORT

2024 | Student Client Project

Rochester’s Inner Loop Freeway-to-Boulevard Project: A Case Study
Carolyn Pugh

Client: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Environment, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2024 | Student Client Project

WELCOME TO LITTLE TOKYO! PLEASE TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES. A Case Study on the 2018-2020 Little Tokyo Arts District Station Joint Development Process in Los Angeles, California
Brian Kohaya

Client: Little Tokoyo Community Council

Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Student Client Project

Designing Streetscapes for Gender Inclusivity
Sophie Frank

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Student Client Project

Dining or Parking? Managing the Curb During COVID-19 and Beyond: An Analysis of Al Fresco Program
Graham Rossmore

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Transportation & Communities, Transportation Finance

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Student Client Project

Life in the Bus Lane: Best Practices for Envisioning a Better Los Angeles
Kevin Liu

Client: Alliance for Community Transit - Los Angeles

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Student Client Project

Low-Stress Bikeway Analysis: Looking at the City of Beverly Hills’ Bicycle Network Post-Covid
Kaitlyn Lin

Client: City of Beverly Hills

New Mobility, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2023 | Student Client Project

Safe Routes to School in St. Louis and Beyond
Jin Zhang

Client: Trailnet

Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2022 | Student Comprehensive Project

Planning Indicators: Non-Auto Mobility
Paul Guirguis, Antara Murshed, Karen Phan, Benjamin Silverstein, Miranda Mead-Newton, Ellen Schwartz

Client: LA Metro Office of Extraordinary Innovation

New Mobility, Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2021 | Student Client Project

Assessing Public Outreach About Slow Streets in San Francisco
Lena Rogow

Client: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)

Environment, Public Transit, Traffic, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2021 | Student Client Project

Daylighting Public Funding Streams: Increasing Equitable Access to Public Transit Across California
Eric Dasmalchi, Natalie Amberg

Client: Caltrans

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities, Transportation Finance

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2021 | Student Client Project

Equity Lenses: Targeting Equitable Community Investment Across Southern California
Jayne Videecharoen

Client: Southern California Association of Governments

Public Transit, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2021 | Student Client Project

It’s Not Just a Sign: Traffic Calming Gives Bump to Safety – A Cost Benefit Analysis ofTraffic Calming in the City of Los Angeles
Asiya Patel

Client: Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Environment, Traffic, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF

2021 | Student Client Project

Lessons for Upgrading Los Angeles’ Slow Streets: A Feasibility Study for Making the L.A. Slow Streets Program Permanent in a Post-COVID City
Madeleine Garces

Client: Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Transportation

Environment, Traffic, Transportation & Communities

REPORT | POLICY BRIEF