UC Irvine
Assistant Project Scientist at UC Irvine and Project Manager for the Neighborhood Travel and Activities Study
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Steven Spears
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FROM Steven Spears
Which Way, L.A.?
Do Angelinos Have a Bias against Mass Transit? Mass transit needs frequency, reliability and access to job centers. That's all it will take to transform drivers into riders of busses, streetcars and trains. That's the mantra behind high density development in LA and elsewhere. Turns out, that's wrong, according to a comprehensive study of the matter by the Neighborhood Travel and Activities Study at UC Irvine, where Steven Spears is an assistant project scientist.
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