Publication: L.A. Times

UCLA Expert: Juan Matute: Deputy Director, UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies; Lecturer in Urban Planning

Synopsis: Of the 12,200 bus stops served by the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, only a quarter have some kind of shade or rain shelter. 

UCLA News: Matute was quoted, saying that “climate change is changing the baseline of all these past decisions. We actually have to make adjustments for the built environment,” Matute added, “— tree selection, street furniture and shade canopies, like they have in Phoenix in order to accommodate these days.”

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