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Technical Session: The Unequal Commute: A Long Haul for Shift and Low-Income Workers
Commute Distance, Low-Wage Workers, and Residential Location in Southern California
About the Presenter
Madeline Wander
Doctoral student
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Madeline Wander is a UCLA Urban Planning doctoral student and a graduate student researcher at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. She conducts qualitative and quantitative research with a focus on transportation justice. Prior to being a doctoral student, Madeline was a Senior Data Analyst at the USC Program from Environmental and Regional Equity (now USC Equity Research Institute) where she worked with community-based organizations, foundations, and government agencies on research around social-movement building, environmental justice, and equitable urban planning. Prior to that, she pursued social justice through a variety of organizing efforts, including the affordable housing coalition Housing LA and Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign in Colorado. Madeline is co-author of several publications, including: "Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence from California’s cap-and-trade program (2011–2015)" (in PLoS Medicine, 2018); "Measures Matter: Ensuring Equitable Implementation of Los Angeles County Measures M & A" (2018); and "Changing States: A Framework for Progressive Governance" (2016). Madeline holds a BA in Urban and Environmental Policy from Occidental College and a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA. Currently, Madeline sits on the Board of Directors of the Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment.
Evelyn Blumenberg
Evelyn Blumenberg is a Professor of Urban Planning and Director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her research examines transportation and economic outcomes for low-wage workers, and the role of planning and policy in addressing transportation disparities. Her recent projects include research on housing affordability and travel, transit ridership trends, and racial disparities in automobile finance and debt. She recently completed three major reports on declining transit ridership in California – in Statewide, Southern California, and the San Francisco/Bay Area. Professor Blumenberg was honored in 2014 by the Obama Administration as a White House Champion of Change for her research on transportation access, employment, and poverty. Her research has been supported by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, California Air Resource Board, California Department of Transportation, Mineta Transportation Institute, Southern California Association of Governments, UC Institute of Transportation Studies, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Department of Transportation. Professor Blumenberg holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree and Ph.D. in urban planning from UCLA.
Co-Author
Evelyn Blumenberg
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Presentation
Commute Distance, Low-Wage Workers, and Residential Location in Southern California
Description
Date: Thursday, September 9
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Keywords: commute distance, low-wage workers, residential location, housing supply