Comparing L.A.’s two primary mobility assistance programs: the Mobility Wallet pilot and Metro’s LIFE program, which provides 20 free transit rides.
The Mobility Wallet pilot in Los Angeles gave low-income residents $150/month for transportation, improving access, reducing stress, and enhancing quality of life and connection.
Almost half of Los Angeles's unsheltered population live in their vehicles. Over the years, local complaints have amplified the proliferation of vehicular-dwelling criminalization ordinances — making it difficult for people to locate safe places to park, elevating fears of being towed, ticketed, or interacting with the police.
TTI estimated that traffic congestion cost the LA economy a staggering $13.3 billion in 2014, based on premise that moving slowly wastes time and fuel, costs that are multiplied over millions of travelers. But do such measures really capture how congestion and the conditions that give rise to it affect regional economies?
This study assesses how community members of Jordan Downs perceive issues of the built environment, and how these perceptions may influence their transportation mode choice.
This study assesses how community members of Jordan Downs perceive issues of the built environment, and how these perceptions may influence their transportation mode choice.
This study explores the travel patterns, needs, and mobility problems faced by diverse low-income, inner-city older adults in Los Angeles in order to identify solutions to their mobility challenges.
The researcher analyzed HopSkipDrive’s trip data for morning trips to high school in Los Angeles County for the 2018–19 academic year to compare HopSkipDrive trips to the average Californians'.
The goal of this research is to identify the best practices to collect data on the unmet travel needs of a neighborhood, particularly for disadvantaged populations.
The goal of this research is to identify the best practices to collect data on the unmet travel needs of a neighborhood, particularly for disadvantaged populations.
