Area of Expertise: Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Rezwana Rafiq

Assistant Project Scientist, UC Irvine Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Irvine

Areas of Expertise

Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Connecting Telework, Travel Behavior, and System Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research Team:

Michael McNally (lead), Rezwana Rafiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Teleworking, Travel, and Quality of Life Before, During, and After the Pandemic Across Different Population Groups in the U.S.

Research Team:

Michael McNally (lead), Rezwana Rafiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

A Delphi Study of Technology and Policy Implications of RIMI Research on Public Transit and Shared Mobility

Research Team:

Michael McNally (lead), Rezwana Rafiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Recent Publications

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preprint journal article

A Comparison of Time-use for Telecommuters, Potential Telecommuters, and Commuters during the COVID-19 Pandemic

January 15, 2024

published journal article

Telecommuting and Travel during COVID-19: An Exploratory Analysis across Different Population Geographies in the U.S.A.

April 1, 2023

preprint journal article

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Telecommuting and Travel

January 15, 2023

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Chhandara Pech

Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Sharing the History and Present Legacy of Freeway Siting in California

Research Team:

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris (lead), Jacob Wasserman, Chhandara Pech, Paul Ong

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Stockton’s Crosstown Freeway, Urban Renewal, and Asian Americans: Systemic Causes and Impacts

Research Team:

Chhandara Pech (lead), Paul Ong, Jacob Wasserman, Christopher Hung-Do, Anne Yoon

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

The Spatial Dilemma of Sustainable Transportation and Just Affordable Housing

Research Team:

Paul Ong (lead), Chhandara Pech, Jacob Wasserman

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Recent Publications

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blog

Freeway Revolts and Racially Exclusive Participatory Planning: A History of Organized Opposition to Freeway Construction in Pacoima

May 8, 2025

website

Bulldozing Asian Communities: Freeway Construction and Urban Renewal in Stockton

November 14, 2023

research report

Stockton’s Crosstown Freeway, Urban Renewal, and Asian Americans: Systemic Causes and Impacts

October 25, 2023

Our Experts

Suzanne Paulson

Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Infrastructure Delivery, Operations, & Resilience Intelligent Transportation Systems, Emerging Technologies, & Big Data Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Using Emerging Sensor Networks to Investigate Impacts of Roadway Activities on PM10 and PM2.5

Research Team:

Suzanne Paulson (lead), Pami Mukherjee, Kyongwon Yoo, Nur Yasmin Rizal

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

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Paul Ong

Research Professor, Department of Economics, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Analyzing the Effectiveness of Efforts to Reconnect Communities and Redress Past Harms in California

Research Team:

Paul Ong (lead), Jacob Wasserman, Douglas Houston, Margaretta Lin, Jesus M. Barajas, Charisma Acey

UC Campus(es):

UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA

Sharing the History and Present Legacy of Freeway Siting in California

Research Team:

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris (lead), Jacob Wasserman, Chhandara Pech, Paul Ong

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Stockton’s Crosstown Freeway, Urban Renewal, and Asian Americans: Systemic Causes and Impacts

Research Team:

Chhandara Pech (lead), Paul Ong, Jacob Wasserman, Christopher Hung-Do, Anne Yoon

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Recent Publications

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blog

Freeway Revolts and Racially Exclusive Participatory Planning: A History of Organized Opposition to Freeway Construction in Pacoima

May 8, 2025

website

Bulldozing Asian Communities: Freeway Construction and Urban Renewal in Stockton

November 14, 2023

research report

Stockton’s Crosstown Freeway, Urban Renewal, and Asian Americans: Systemic Causes and Impacts

October 25, 2023

Our Experts

Paavo Monkkonen

Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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By Transit, By-Right: How Housing Development Approval Processes Can Support Higher Transit-Friendly Density

Research Team:

Paavo Monkkonen (lead), Shane Phillips, Michael Manville, Nolan Gray

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Recent Publications

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published journal article

Does Discretion Delay Development?

November 15, 2022

policy brief

By Transit, By-Right: Impacts of Housing Development Approval Processes on Transit-Supportive Density

January 1, 2022

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Adam Millard-Ball

Professor, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Infrastructure Delivery, Operations, & Resilience Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Do Parking Requirements Reflect Anti-Muslim Bias?

Research Team:

Mark Fathi Massoud (lead), Adam Millard-Ball, Huzaifa Shahbaz

UC Campus(es):

UC Santa Cruz, UCLA

Evaluating Place-Based Transportation Plans

Research Team:

Adam Millard-Ball (lead), Jason Karpman, Elena Hernandez, Melody Ng

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Re-allocating Urban Space to Support Multimodal Transportation

Research Team:

Adam Millard-Ball (lead), Jamey Volker, Elisa Barbour, Susan Handy

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis, UCLA

Recent Publications

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policy brief

Road Expansion is the Fundamental Cause of Growth in Vehicle Travel

February 1, 2025

research report

Road Capacity as a Fundamental Determinant of Vehicle Travel

February 1, 2025

website

Dividing Highways

May 17, 2024

Events

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California Capitol Building in Sacramento

Briefing: Can California Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled? Should it?

February 25, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:15 pm

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Our Experts

Michael McNally

Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine

Areas of Expertise

Infrastructure Delivery, Operations, & Resilience Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Transportation Economics, Funding, & Finance Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Connecting Telework, Travel Behavior, and System Performance During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research Team:

Michael McNally (lead), Rezwana Rafiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Categorizing and Prioritizing Trip Types to Support California’s VMT Reduction Goals

Research Team:

Jay Jayakrishnan (lead), Michael McNally, Michael Hyland

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Teleworking, Travel, and Quality of Life Before, During, and After the Pandemic Across Different Population Groups in the U.S.

Research Team:

Michael McNally (lead), Rezwana Rafiq

UC Campus(es):

UC Irvine

Recent Publications

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research report

Rail Transit Ridership Changes in COVID-19: Lessons from Station Area Characteristics

September 1, 2024

policy brief

Decline of Rail Transit Requires New Strategies

September 1, 2024

preprint journal article

A Comparison of Time-use for Telecommuters, Potential Telecommuters, and Commuters during the COVID-19 Pandemic

January 15, 2024

Our Experts

Sarah McCullough

Associate Director, Feminist Research Institute, UC Davis

Areas of Expertise

Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Equity Training – Equity Research Set Aside

Research Team:

Sarah McCullough (lead), Adonia Lugo

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Answers from the Margins: Participatory Planning with Disadvantaged Communities

Research Team:

Sarah McCullough (lead)

UC Campus(es):

UC Davis

Recent Publications

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research report

Answers from the Margins: Participatory Planning with Disadvantaged Communities

March 1, 2021

Our Experts

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

Distinguished Professor, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA

Areas of Expertise

Public Transit, Shared Mobility, & Active Transportation Safety, Public Health, & Mobility Justice Travel Behavior, Land Use, & the Built Environment

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Recent Projects

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Sharing the History and Present Legacy of Freeway Siting in California

Research Team:

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris (lead), Jacob Wasserman, Chhandara Pech, Paul Ong

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Capturing Transit Rider Perspectives on Safety and Harassment: Lessons from San Francisco

Research Team:

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris (lead), Jacob Wasserman, Madeline Brozen

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Pathways to Autonomy: Supporting Youth Independent Mobility in Westlake, Los Angeles

Research Team:

Dana Cuff (lead), Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

UC Campus(es):

UCLA

Recent Publications

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published journal article

The social life of the sidewalk: tracing the mobility experiences of youth in Westlake, Los Angeles

June 14, 2025

blog

Freeway Revolts and Racially Exclusive Participatory Planning: A History of Organized Opposition to Freeway Construction in Pacoima

May 8, 2025

research report

Capturing Transit Rider Perspectives on Safety and Harassment: Lessons from San Francisco

February 1, 2025

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