Transportation

Leaving Los Angeles

Leaving Los Angeles

BLOGGING FROM BOSTON Jaymes Dunsmore G, was in Los Angeles working with their Urban Design Studio to improve access to public transportation, increase pedestrian and bicycle safety, and enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods around existing and planned Metro stations. After a little over two months in Los Angeles, my work was complete, or [...]


Community Voices: If all politics are local, all local politics are about parking

Community Voices: If all politics are local, all local politics are about parking

BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD Jaymes Dunsmore G, is in Los Angeles working with their Urban Design Studio to improve access to public transportation, increase pedestrian and bicycle safety, and enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods around existing and planned Metro stations. With an issue as broad as transportation planning, in a city as diverse [...]


Re-learning what it means to be Indian

BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD August 9, 2011 Urban Studies and Planning graduate student Farzana Serang was awarded the first Commitee on Race and Diversity (CRD)-Public Service Center (PSC) grant to travel to Washington, D.C, as well as Minnesota and Montana, to work with the National Congress of American Indians and the Rural Assembly. Farzana is [...]


Instant TODs- Just Add Transit

Instant TODs- Just Add Transit

BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD July 12, 2011 Graduate student and Public Service Fellow Jaymes Dunsmore is working for the City of Los Angeles Urban Design Studio to improve access to public transportation, increase pedestrian and bicycle safety, and enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods around existing and planned Metro stations. In many cities, creating [...]


The past and future of transportation in LA

The past and future of transportation in LA

BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD BLOGGING FROM THE FIELD Jaymes Dunsmore G, is in Los Angeles working with their Urban Design Studio to improve access to public transportation, increase pedestrian and bicycle safety, and enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods around existing and planned Metro stations. Los Angeles is often said to have a love [...]