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.
To understand the transportation needs of different populations during the pandemic, this report reviewed the literature across seven health care needs that are overrepresented among people with transportation challenges and/or amenable to transportation interventions.
This report examines current knowledge about disparities in transportation and access to health care for people with various health conditions and health care needs. We highlight evidence related to end-stage kidney disease, pregnancy, cancer, mental health and substance use, disabilities, multiple chronic conditions, and preventive care to discuss population-specific transportation needs and challenges, COVID-19 health risks, and impacts of transportation system disruption on health outcomes during the pandemic. The report concludes with policy recommendations for how leaders in transportation, public health, and health care can improve transportation access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Understanding the concept of access to opportunity — why it is important, its determinants, and how it relates to other adjacent issues and policies in transportation, housing and economic development.
This brief examines the racial/ethnic patterns in Los Angeles' traffic collisions to highlight the strategies that could improve racial equity in transportation safety.
This brief is based on research that aims to understand female participation in the sharing economy through ride-hailing systems and identify the positive and negative aspects of these systems regarding the types of jobs they offer in Los Angeles.
This brief aims to understand, describe and compare trends in travel behavior and collisions in Los Angeles County for populations and places that experience transportation disadvantage.
The study examined the relationship between housing availability near workplaces and commute distance for lower-, medium-, and higher-wage workers in Los Angeles.
This research report examines the impact that all-day bus lanes and peak-hour bus lanes have on street safety-particularly in Los Angeles.
Discover the prevalence of vehicular homelessness in Los Angeles County and the impact of regulations on people living in their vehicles. Findings suggest cities should reduce harm and precariousness through reforming punitive regulations and implementing safe parking programs while pursuing permanent affordable housing solutions.
