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Jacob Wasserman
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Transportation research @uclaits.bsky.social 🚌 • UCLA Luskin alum 🐻 • Planning Commissioner @cityofsantamonica.bsky.social 🎡 • formerly @sfgov.sf.gov SFMTA 🌉 and New Haven DOT 🍕 • he/him/his • views my own its.ucla.edu/jacob-wasserman
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Never count out Shutout Shohei!
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A mini-symposium on parking — without the commute. Join us for a virtual panel series on Nov. 18 and connect with parking reform champions from across the country.

View the session schedule and register here www.its.ucla.edu/tri... #UCLATransportation100
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🎉 Happy 100th birthday to transportation research at UCLA! 100 years ago today, the UC regents voted to establish the nation's first research center dedicated to street traffic issues. Learn more about our century-long tradition of transportation research www.its.ucla.edu/100...
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West of the railroad tracks, Fresno's immigrant communities & communities of color established bustling ethnic enclaves in the late 1800s & early 1900s. Then highway engineers and downtown businesses wanted to build a highway right through them. More here arcg.is/1qaKX1
Dividing Lines: The Legacies of Fresno's Freeways
How Route 99 Reshaped Fresno’s Immigrant Communities and Communities of Color
arcg.is
Hey a bill I helped draft is now law! SB 707 extends the ability of Neighborhood Councils to meet virtually, allows NCs to opt in with a simple majority, and allows members to participate virtually regardless of how many other members are in person:
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
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Please take a minute to sign and share @cacommoncause.bsky.social’s petition asking the Charter Reform Commission to provide remote public comment at *all* meetings moving forward:
bit.ly/108crc
This is part of a series of research projects @uclaits.bsky.social, the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, and the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies have conducted:
Freeway Siting in California - UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
www.its.ucla.edu
Instead of running through a commercial corridor along the tracks or bypassing downtown, SR-99 cut through diverse residential areas of West Fresno, leading to displacement, divestment, and white flight. Learn more about the legacy of freeways in Fresno in this new @uclaits.bsky.social storymap:
Dividing Lines: The Legacies of Fresno's Freeways
How Route 99 Reshaped Fresno’s Immigrant Communities and Communities of Color
storymaps.arcgis.com
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Known as the "Golden State Highway," state Route 99 stretches through almost the entirety of CA's Central Valley.

It also bulldozed through many communities of color in the mid–20th century. Learn more about Route 99’s history and impacts in Fresno here
Dividing Lines: The Legacies of Fresno's Freeways
How Route 99 Reshaped Fresno’s Immigrant Communities and Communities of Color
arcg.is
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council passed this Community Impact Statement I drafted on a package of housing streamlining permitting reforms, including facilitating "one-stop" permitting and reforming @ladwp.com transformer requirements (that create unsafe disruptions on the street):
cityclerk.lacity.org
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council passed a Community Impact Statement pushing back on federal anti-trans policies in healthcare and housing:
cityclerk.lacity.org
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Yes On My Block: "64% [of Angelenos] support apartments on streets that primarily have single-family houses, which means most streets in Los Angeles. A clear majority, 59%, said yes to apartments in their own neighborhood." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Not so NIMBY, Angelenos want more housing in their neighborhoods
The mayor said she was pulling back on development to respect constituents' wishes. But survey data say residents want more homes everywhere.
www.latimes.com
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council backs a proposal to allow ADUs to be sold like condos, expanding ownership opportunities:
cityclerk.lacity.org
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council passed a Community Impact Statement in support of our undocumented communities and backing ways the city and state can push back against ICE raids, including by reigning in LAPD assistance for them:
cityclerk.lacity.org
Thrilled that the North Westwood Neighborhood Council passed the motion I drafted, quoting and informed by the late, great Donald Shoup, backing @cd4losangeles.bsky.social's plan to end off-street parking requirements in Los Angeles:
cityclerk.lacity.org
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Transportation research and education at UCLA turns 100 this year. Since 1925, faculty, researchers and students have shaped the field of transportation.

🎉Please join us in celebrating 100 years of industry-leading research and education! #UCLATransportation100
www.its.ucla.edu/100
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Eyes on the Street: Lowered speed limits on Colorado Ave.

santamonicanext.org/2025/09/eyes...