After 2.5 years, we’re holding our first in-person event. The UCLA Arrowhead Symposium: Transit in Transition reconvenes at UCLA on Friday, April 1 after a successful online series this past fall.

Over the course of the 2021 series, we assessed the state of public transit in a time of intense uncertainty. We explored the pandemic’s impact on operations, examined the post-bailout financial landscape, discussed ongoing equity issues, and hosted a roundtable with federal officials, who relayed the Biden administration’s plans for resuscitating public transit. We closed with a look into the future: Will transit ever resemble its prior self? And is a return to “normal” even preferable — or is there something to be gained from an alternate path?

We will highlight the work from our UCLA ITS Public Transit Initiative and the University of California Institute of Transportation Studies Public Transit and Shared Mobility Recovery program.