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Welcome to UCLA ITS

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs 337 Charles E Young Drive E, Los Angeles

Welcome to UCLA ITS This event is for UCLA students, faculty and staff only. RSVP Here The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies welcomes incoming and returning students, faculty, and staff for the start of the 2024-25 academic year. We aim to support a community of transportation scholars and provide students with resources, such as travel and research project support and transportation programming. Thus, we want to begin the year with a celebration to help our community get to know one another and to welcome the transition from Brian D. Taylor to Adam Millard-Ball as the Director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. Taylor has led UCLA ITS since 2001, playing a critical role in the institute’s expansion. Under his tenure, UCLA ITS has transformed from a small operation with limited staff and resources into a nationally influential research center with more than 75 scholars and staff conducting cutting-edge research in eight program areas. Incoming Director Adam Millard-Ball brings a wealth of experience in data science and climate change policy. He joined the UCLA Luskin School in 2021 and has recently served as acting director of UCLA ITS during the 2022-23 academic year. In that time, Millard-Ball oversaw the TRACtion: Transformative Research and Collaboration initiative, which [...]

Transit, Belabored: Issues and Futures for the Transit Workforce

Transit only works as well as the workforce behind it — those who operate vehicles; those who keep them in order, clean, and secure; and those who plan and manage the network. Frontline transit work can be especially satisfying and secure — but also stressful or unsafe. The pandemic laid bare these realities, as transit agencies across the country lacked workers, leading to canceled service in the short term and delayed service restoration in the long term. Ultimately, transit workforce issues are transit rider issues. Researchers, union organizers, and transit workers themselves will speak on the key workforce issues in the transit industry. Through both presentations and breakout discussions, speakers and participants together, from both the transportation and labor sectors, will work on ideas for how to improve transit work and secure it as a high-road job. Session 1: Introduction to Transit Labor: Current Issues and Coming Concerns Our opening conversation will explore the best practices and needed reforms to transform transit for the better. Join us in conversing with a research leader engaged in the big issues, solutions, and prospects for the future in transit labor, from operators to mechanics and white-collar employees. Session 2: Organizing to Improve [...]

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