The Fall 2016 Transportation Speaker Series focuses on shared mobility. Topics include: The 2nd Shared Mobility Revolution — From Taxis, to TNCs, and Beyond: What’s the Public Sector Role?; Understanding the past, present, and future of the taxi industry in Los Angeles; Policy Issues in Shared Mobility: Labor; Policy Issues in Shared Mobility: Safety and Insurance; Policy Issues in Shared Mobility: Equity and Social Inclusion; A Green Path to Shared Mobility; The Rise of Shared Mobility: Will it Incrementally Change or Transform Urban Travel in the Years Ahead?; The Public Policy and Transportation Planning Issues Raised by Increasing Vehicle Automation in the Years Ahead.

A select group of transportation policymakers, stakeholders, and experts convened for a session at the 2017 LA CoMotion Expo & Festival on the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program from the UC Institute of Transportation Studies. The program, led by researchers at ITS-Davis, hopes to guide public decision-making and private investments around new vehicle technology, and the discussion centered on the implications of shared, electric, and autonomous vehicles on mobility, pricing, greenhouse gas emissions, public transit, and much more.

The #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault must influence public transportation procedures, designs, and policies. ITS associate director Madeline Brozen kicked off a new 2017-18 discussion series by speaking with Dr. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, a professor of urban planning at UCLA Luskin and ITS faculty fellow, about women’s transportation needs, how transit agencies are and are not meeting these needs, and the role of sexual harassment in public space and public transit.

Discussions and plans for the future of transportation and new innovative mobility services often fail to account for women’s travel patterns. What potential do new mobility options, bikesharing, ridesourcing, and microtransit hold for closing this gap? Naomi Iwasaki of Investing in Place hosted a conversation about women’s travel patterns with UCLA Luskin professor Dr. Evelyn Blumenberg, Seleta Reynolds of the LA Department of Transportation, and Stephanie Wiggins of LA Metro.

The 2018 Spring Speaker Series brought national experts to the UCLA Luskin School to discuss new research and best practices around public transit, transportation finance, innovative mobility, and much more. It took place during Professor Brian Taylor's Transportation Policy and Planning graduate course, but all events were open to the public.

UCLA ITS celebrated its 25 years of scholarship, education, and public engagement--reconnecting classmates, friends, and professors. See photos from this event.