News Archive

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

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

Next City

SEPTA Is Facing a Doom Spiral. Could a New Philly Arena Save It?

October 21, 2024

The Washington Post

70A% of bus riders in D.C. area don't pay. Here's what Metro is doing about it.

October 9, 2024

Marketplace

Public transit agencies eye service cuts as pandemic aid runs out

September 30, 2024

StreetsBlog (LA & National)

To Recruit Transit Workers, More Than Higher Pay Is Needed

February 29, 2024

Los Angeles Times

Opinion: How can L.A. Metro make train service safer? Look to what’s working on buses

April 27, 2023

KALW 91.7 SF/Crosscurrents

Whither BART? A sobering look at the future of Bay Area public transportation

April 26, 2023

CalMatters

Why California public transit is at a pivotal moment

April 5, 2023

Vox

How to save America’s public transit systems from a doom spiral

March 25, 2023

StreetsBlog Cal

Legislative Hearing on Public Transportation Woes Is Just a Beginning

March 2, 2023

StreetsBlog (LA & National)

Three Ways DOTs Can Help the Unhoused — On and Off the Road

February 23, 2023

Los Angeles Times

Should L.A.’s train and bus rides be free? Karen Bass may soon decide

December 10, 2022

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Why California isn’t banking on electric cars to replace public transit in greener future

December 2, 2022

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Will San Diego's $160B rail expansion survive GOP election shake-up?

November 27, 2022

Curbed

Can Transit Ambassadors Make the Subway Safer Just by Being There?

November 10, 2022

Los Angeles Times

For historic Black community, Crenshaw/LAX Line is 'a blessing and a curse'

October 7, 2022

KCRW 89.9/Greater LA

Crime’s up, ridership’s down. Can LA Metro ambassadors help?

September 21, 2022

Next City

Can L.A. Finally Build Better Bus Stops? 5 Lessons From Other Cities

September 19, 2022

Los Angeles Times

Heat waves are getting worse. When will L.A. get around to offering bus riders more shade?

September 12, 2022

Governing

California Sees a Big Shift in Mass Transit Ridership

August 29, 2022

San Jose Mercury News

The Bay Area was California’s transit mecca. Now car-crazy L.A. has more train and bus riders.

August 28, 2022

Freakonomics Radio

Should Public Transit Be Free?

August 24, 2022

KCRW 89.9/Greater LA

Healthy Streets LA: Can city be friendlier to public transit riders, pedestrians?

August 23, 2022

The Day

With buses fare-free, SEAT ridership rises

July 30, 2022

The Washington Post

As Starbucks exits, Union Station struggles with safety, empty stores

July 29, 2022

The Advocate

In car-loving Baton Rouge, could a rapid-transit system convince people to take a bus?

May 29, 2022

Los Angeles Times

Congestion pricing? Free buses? Monorails? How LA's next mayor could change your commute

May 24, 2022

Crosstown

Did L.A.’s experiment with free buses work?

April 25, 2022

The Charlotte Post

To help Charlotte's low-income workers, some prefer cars over transit

April 13, 2022

The Orange County Register

Don’t let the California Dream become a transportation nightmare

March 29, 2022

Los Angeles Times

Even with soaring gas prices, safety concerns make L.A. mass transit a hard sell

March 11, 2022

KCRW 89.9/Greater LA

LA Metro bus fares don’t need to resume, argue public transit advocates

January 11, 2022

The San Diego Union-Tribune

New trolley line may not reduce congestion, but it may keep increasingly urban San Diego livable

December 5, 2021

MLK50

How can MATA get better if it keeps getting smaller?

December 3, 2021

St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis eyes MetroLink expansion even as bus service contracts

December 1, 2021

Los Angeles Business Journal

Car-Loving LA in Midst of Largest Rail Construction Program in US

November 15, 2021

Grist

20,000 deaths and counting: As mass transit stagnates, US traffic deaths surge

November 4, 2021

KCBS Radio

Connect the Dots: Is America's public transit doomed?

September 22, 2021

Curbed

What It Will Take for Kathy Hochul to Get Congestion Pricing Right

August 26, 2021

Vox

Why does it cost so much to build things in America?

June 28, 2021

Los Angeles Times

L.A. turbo-charged subway, rail construction during pandemic. Will the riders return?

May 25, 2021

Los Angeles Times

Coronavirus Today: Could this number on a spreadsheet herald a return to normal?

May 25, 2021

Daily Bruin

Advocates, commuter students push for improved safety on LA Metro system

May 10, 2021

Capital & Main

Why Los Angeles Hasn’t Solved Its Transit Crisis

May 10, 2021

TIME

Can Public Transit Survive the Pandemic? London's New Transport Commissioner Wants You to Believe It Can

April 2, 2021

The Wall Street Journal

Transit Agencies Build Slicker Trip Navigation Tools to Boost Ridership

April 1, 2021

The Christian Science Monitor

Urban transit took a pandemic wallop. Can it bounce back?

February 25, 2021

TIME

The Future of American Public Transit Depends on Congress

December 17, 2020

WIRED

Mass Transit Is in Jeopardy—and So Are Cities

December 14, 2020

CityLab

Where the 2020 Election Is a Referendum on Public Transit

October 6, 2020

Bloomberg

Public Transit and the Postal Service Have the Same Problem

August 31, 2020

City and State New York

Carmageddon is nigh

August 16, 2020

Car and Driver

Rainbows, Unicorns, and Room to Drive

May 10, 2020

CityLab

A Post-Pandemic Reality Check for Transit Boosters

May 6, 2020

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Coronavirus threatens to derail San Diego’s plans to expand public transit

April 10, 2020

Curbed

Projecting $700M in losses, Metro asks federal government for help

March 25, 2020

Curbed

Transit is in trouble due to coronavirus. This Green New Deal plan could help.

March 23, 2020

CalMatters

State losing its war on carbon

February 27, 2020

CalMatters

Could free transit for kids help California beat climate change?

February 24, 2020

StreetsBlog (LA & National)

Apartments With Free Parking Reduce Transit Ridership

January 29, 2020

StreetsBlog (LA & National)

Bus Rapid Transit Should Be Built More Rapidly

January 8, 2020

The Washington Post

Federal officials give green light to red bus lanes

January 4, 2020

Los Angeles Times

Column: Let’s shift stalled bullet train funds to L.A. and San Francisco, where they’ll do some good

December 18, 2019

Curbed

Would free Metro fares get cars off the road in LA?

December 16, 2019

Curbed

LAX-it won’t improve until LAX embraces mass transit

November 5, 2019

San Jose Mercury News

Why Bay Area transit is broken, and who is trying to fix it

September 22, 2019

Los Angeles Times

Building a Metro transit line through the Sepulveda Pass could cost $13 billion

July 23, 2019

Los Angeles Daily News

Metro’s Orange Line was a hit — but doesn’t guarantee support for another Valley bus plan

July 12, 2019

Planetizen

The Environmental Costs of Slow, Empty Buses

June 19, 2019

Mashable

The future of America's worst freeway

June 14, 2019

Curbed

25 years after ‘Speed,’ can LA get its buses moving again?

June 10, 2019

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Can SANDAG solve traffic woes with 100 MPH commuter rail, rush-hour pricing?

May 12, 2019

Los Angeles Times

San Diegans could face two tax hikes to fund world-class transit system. But will they foot the bill?

March 27, 2019

WGBH

Are Transit Fares Fair?

March 1, 2019

Los Angeles Times

Build the California bullet train

February 22, 2019

Governing

Why Transit Ridership Is Falling (Hint: It’s Not Just Uber)

February 2, 2018

The San Diego Union-Tribune

As car ownership increases among the poor, transit ridership falls

January 31, 2018