News Archive

A selection of media coverage of UCLA ITS experts and research.

For media queries, contact Claudia Bustamante at claudb@ucla.edu.

UCLA Newsroom

Electric vehicles improve air quality for everyone but have less impact in more polluted areas

December 13, 2023

Daily Bruin

UCLA Mobility Lab works to decrease traffic and improve safety in Westwood

November 26, 2023

Los Angeles Times

Waymo’s driverless taxi launch in Santa Monica is met with excitement and tension

October 11, 2023

New York Times

Is the Hyperloop Doomed?

September 22, 2022

LAist

Vroom Vroom (With 'V' As In Volts)! The Rise, Fall And Reignition Of The Electric Car—And What Its History Tells Us

September 20, 2022

Bloomberg

For 2-Wheel Commuters in LA, ‘Bikepooling’ Brings Safety in Numbers

August 23, 2022

WIRED

Escooter Rentals Aren’t as Green as You Think

July 19, 2022

Spectrum News 1

E-scooter companies are upgrading for the long haul

January 6, 2022

dot.LA

Move Slow and Fix Things: E-Scooter Startup Superpedestrian Takes to LA Streets, Promising Safety and a Better Experience

August 26, 2021

CNN

On GPS: Malcolm Gladwell on "Revisionist History"

June 27, 2021

Revisionist History

I Love You Waymo

June 24, 2021

The Wall Street Journal

Turo CEO Says Car-Renting App Plans to Go Public in 2021

January 1, 2021

New York Times

A Step Forward in the Promise of Ultrafast 'Hyperloops'

November 8, 2020

Spectrum News 1

Lyft Launches Electric Bike Share in Santa Monica

September 29, 2020

Spectrum News 1

Scooter Companies Zip Into Retail

September 23, 2020

USA TODAY

Was your Uber, Lyft fare high because of algorithm bias?

July 22, 2020

Los Angeles Magazine

Can L.A.’s Scooter Craze Survive the Pandemic?

May 26, 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

SF scooter companies introduce models for disabled riders

January 15, 2020

New York Times

Los Angeles Rethinks Taxis as Uber and Lyft Dominate the Streets

January 12, 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

Seated scooter for disabled riders coming to Oakland, SF

January 8, 2020

Marketplace

Scooters now sharing the delivery lane

December 19, 2019

LAist

How Santa Monica Established Order From Scooter Chaos (And What It Can Teach LA)

November 22, 2019

LAist

How The Dark Future Of Blade Runner's 2019 Los Angeles Looks In The Light Of Actual Today

November 18, 2019

Los Angeles Times

How green are dockless e-scooters?

November 5, 2019

Los Angeles Times

Did your rented e-scooter suddenly shut down? Blame the invisible geofence

September 17, 2019

LAist

Yes, Uber And Lyft Add To Our Terrible Traffic. But LA Drivers Should Take A Hard Look In The Vanity Mirror

August 12, 2019

Los Angeles Times

Electric scooters are good for the environment, right? Here’s why it’s not so simple

August 2, 2019

Los Angeles Times

Can Bird build a better scooter before it runs out of cash?

May 5, 2019

Los Angeles Times

Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A. County's latest idea to free up congested roads

February 26, 2019

Curbed

Lyft and Uber serve low-income communities better than taxis, says study

July 2, 2018

Fortune

Ride-Hailing Apps May Benefit Poor and Minority Communities The Most, Study Suggests

June 30, 2018