Fabian Wagmaster talks about UCLA’s project on car-free L.A. transportation | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
August 25, 2022
SLAGC News and Events

Publication: Bloomberg Citylab

UCLA Expert: Fabian Wagmaster: Professor, UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television; Founding Director, Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance

Synopsis: A UCLA project that uses an app to organize group rides aims to promote car-free transportation for L.A. residents. To encourage more Angelenos to take to the streets by bike — and keep them safe there — a demonstration project set to launch this fall will encourage residents from low-income neighborhoods to bike to work in groups.

UCLA News: “It’s not just an informal group of cyclists — it’s a public transportation system based on bicycles,” Wagmister said. He believes that the UCLA program offers a first-of-its-kind combination of technology, funding and community outreach: “We have found nothing as extensive and as ambitious or structured as our system.”