A publication of transportation research from the Pacific Southwest Region UTC

Issue 11 | August 2023

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America is built for driving. We should change that, but in the meantime we should help low-income people drive.
Editor's Note

The articles in this issue are about the power of the status quo, and the challenge of changing it.

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The Goldilocks principle of curb parking prices
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Two-way streets are good for the city; engineers say they are bad for drivers. But are they?
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Insights into how fleet owners make environmental decisions

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Selected articles from our blog

Two years ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have decriminalized the so-called “Idaho stop,” which is defined as the act of a cyclist treating a stop sign as a yield sign. Newsom cited safety concerns for the veto, saying that the bill would decrease cyclist safety rather than increase it, as many advocates believe.

By 05/24/23

Qinhua Jiang, a Ph.D. student at UCLA, has been named the 2022 doctoral student of the year by the Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center.

By 04/19/23

Story highlights: USC’s METRANS Transportation Consortium has been awarded a grant from the USDOT to lead the US Region 9 research, education and technology transfer program. METRANS, a partnership be …

By 03/07/23