UCLA faculty experts advisory: Vote to determine future of California bullet-train project
The California Senate is set to take a crucial vote on the state's high-speed rail measure, which authorizes construction of the first stretch in the Central Valley.
Jerry Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast, is an expert on the national and California economies who recently prepared a report on the economic, environmental and community development aspects of California's high-speed rail project.Media contact:
Elise Anderson | 310-206-7707 | elise.anderson@anderson.ucla.edu
Brian Taylor, professor of urban planning and director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, is an expert in the politics of transportation finance, the measuring of equity in public transit and the linkages between public subsidies and transit performance.
Media contact:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | alex.boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, a professor of urban planning and associate dean of UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, studies the integration social and physical issues in urban planning, including how transportation projects affect jobs and population growth.
Media contact:
Alex Boekelheide | 310-206-0159 | alex.boekelheide@publicaffairs.ucla.edu