Survey shows that California’s local governments need help now
CalMatters featured commentary by Marlon Boarnet and postdoctoral scholar Andre Comandon of the USC Price School on a recent survey of local California governments. “Without financial assistance from the state and federal governments, our localities face a prolonged deterioration of their budgets at precisely the moment when we need them the Read more…
The Future of American Public Transit Depends on Congress
Marlon Boarnet was quoted in a piece on why mass transit system decisions will have long-lasting effects years after this pandemic ends. TIME “If we cut back weekend service, if we cut back evening service, you are severely impacting job opportunities, opportunities to practice recreation, shop, and anything you would travel Read more…
From the Black Death to AIDS, pandemics have shaped human history. Coronavirus will too
Marlon Boarnet was quoted in the Los Angeles Times about how pandemics have shaped cities.
Will America’s ‘Least Sustainable City’ vote to kill rail transit?
The Washington Post featured Marlon Boarnet of the USC Price School on the future of rail transit in Phoenix. “If Phoenix were to stop rail transit investments, it would be going back in time to an old auto-only mode that most cities in the U.S. — and the world — are Read more…
The Joint Effects of Income, Vehicle Technology, and Rail Transit Access on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
New paper published: The Joint Effects of Income, Vehicle Technology, and Rail Transit Access on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Marlon G. Boarnet, Raphael W. Bostic, Andrew Eisenlohr, Seva Rodnyansky, Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei, Huê-Tâm Webb Jamme First Published July 28, 2018 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118787087 * Abstract This paper examines the relationship between income, Read more…
Monorails aren’t just for Disneyland anymore
Los Angeles Daily News published an op-ed by Marlon Boarnet of the USC Price School on why a monorail might be a viable transportation alternative in Los Angeles’ car-driven culture. Boarnet highlighted successful monorail systems in Japan, China, Brazil and Europe as models to transport Angelenos between the Valley and the Westside. “Modern Read more…
Big Data: Want more people to use public transit?
The Boston Globe featured research by Marlon Boarnet of the USC Price School on barriers to making public transportation more hospitable for women. Boarnet described his research on travel habits of women living near the Expo light rail line in Los Angeles and reasons they increased their light rail use only half as Read more…
Baldwin County turns toward planning amid heated development disputes
Alabamaquoted Marlon Boarnetof the USC Price School in a story on urban planning. In Baldwin County, the desire for more planning exercises is not unlike what’s occurring in other high-growth areas in the U.S., according to Marlon Boarnet, chairman of the Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis at the University of Read more…
Electric scooter riders zoom along on shifting regulations
Marketplacequoted Marlon Boarnetof the USC Price School on electric scooter riders. “You can’t have a situation where a person picks up a scooter, maybe on Venice Beach, and maybe they’re not required to wear a helmet, and they ride into Santa Monica, completely unknowingly, they may not know where the Read more…
How Cheaper Metro Passes and, Yes, Scooters Can Help Prevent Homelessness
LAistquoted Marlon Boarnetof the USC Price School on how different modes of transportation affect access to jobs by low-income workers in San Diego County. “They also need something that can work for them in terms of time cost,” said Marlon Boarnet, chair of the urban planning department at the University Read more…
BIRD BATTLES: CITIES, RENTAL SHOPS, AND VIGILANTES TAKE AIM AT DOCKLESS E-SCOOTERS
L.A. Tacofeatured the controversy on stand-up electric scooters in Los Angeles. Marlon Boarnetof the USC Price School said there is a logic to the phenomenon — the need to gradually phase out carbon-fueled vehicles. He said they are helping to solve a long-standing problem in transportation: the “last mile.” There Read more…
It’s Not Just Where You’re Going, It’s Also How You Get There
by Anthony Orlando If the old saying is true that “life is a journey, not a destination,” then it stands to reason that the way we travel matters a great deal. In fact, that’s what the latest evidence has shown: Transportation choices and systems play a crucial role in our economy Read more…
Are ride-share electric scooters the future of urban transport?
The Guardian (UK) quoted Marlon Boarnet of the USC Price School about the benefits of dockless scooter sharing in cities.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Tunnel Under Los Angeles may Happen Sooner Than Expected
Newsweek cited comments by Marlon Boarnet of the USC Price School about a possible move by the L.A. City Council to fast-track permitting for Elon Musk’s proposed underground tunnel project.
Los Angeles could fast-track Elon Musk’s first tunnel project in West L.A.
Los Angeles Times quoted Marlon Boarnet of the USC Price School about a possible move by the Los Angles City Council to fast-track permitting for Elon Musk’s proposed underground tunnel project.
How L.A. can improve its return on our multi-billion-dollar transit investment
In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, Marlon Boarnet and Gary Painter discuss ways for Los Angeles to improve its investment in transit. L.A. Metro can — and should — be much more than a people mover. Armed with the power to capture the value its growth is creating, it could recycle taxpayer-funded Read more…
LA2B or Not to be: Mobility Plan 2035’s Prospects and Pitfalls
View photos of the event here. View the full video here. The USC Price Urban Growth Seminar and the Bedrosian Center invite you and a panel of experts to discuss the significance, prospects, and pitfalls of Los Angeles’s Mobility Plan 2035 which sets forth a new vision of mobility for all modes of transportation Read more…
Bostic and Boarnet awarded METRANS UTC Research grant
Bedrosian faculty members Raphael Bostic and Marlon Boarnet have received a grant fro METRANS UTC Research, for a project titled “Developing Affordable Housing Guidelines Near Rail Transit in Los Angeles.” To inform planning and housing policy in the City of Los Angeles and in the broader Los Angeles metropolitan area, Read more…
Boarnet paper presented at IATBR
Organized by the Choice Modelling Centre at the University of Leeds, the 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research was held July 19-23, 2015 at the Beaumont Estate in Windsor, UK. On Sunday July 19, 2015 a paper presentation on “Day-to-Day Travel Variability and ‘Optimal’ Duration of Travel Survey: Moving Beyond Read more…