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Given the legacy of environmental injustice in Los Angeles, and the potential of congestion pricing to reduce emissions in communities most affected by pollution, this research seeks to answer the question: What are the potential environmental justice impacts of congestion pricing on the I-710 corridor?

Sea level rise is one of the most obvious manifestations of the trend of climate change, and is an immediate and real threat to lives, livelihoods, transportation, economies and the environment of California. Quantifying and analyzing these potential economic impacts of climate change is an important step towards local government planning for adaptation measures. This research is a parcel-based economic analysis of the potential impacts of sea level rise and coastal flooding in the specified risk zone of Long Beach in Southern California. The analysis indicates that Long Beach, Los Angeles County, and the state of California all face significant, yet varying, economic risks due to sea level rise and coastal flooding in the city of Long Beach. The report concludes with a discussion of and potential explanations for nonlinearity in analyzed results, predicted and modeled impacts of sea level rise with and without 100-year storm events, discussion of when Long Beach can expect to experience impacts that significantly jump from modest to major, and policy implications in the local region and state.

This article analyzes the impact of changing housing and neighborhood characteristics on the accessibility of neighborhood businesses using Long Beach, California, as a case study. Although advocates of smart growth and New Urbanism encourage land use mixing, aggregate-level analysis can be too coarse to pick up on fine-grained aspects of urban streetscapes. This study uses assessor parcel records and a point-based business establishment data set to analyze city-wide patterns of accessibility from individual dwelling units to thirty-one types of neighborhood businesses, including grocery stores, service shops, drug stores, doctor's offices, and banks. Regression results compare parcel-level and neighborhood-level drivers of accessibility between 2006 and 2015 to gauge the aggregated effect of recent economic, demographic, and built environment changes on this aspect of urban spatial structure. Larger homes in older, multiunit buildings and higher income neighborhoods show substantial increases in accessibility to most establishment types, suggesting a trend toward both greater accessibility and larger dwelling units—despite the traditional trade-off between access and space. Although gradual increases in home and business density increased overall accessibility over this period, weaker neighborhood-level results indicate that this trend is less pronounced in high-poverty and non-white areas.

This article analyzes the impact of changing housing and neighborhood characteristics on the accessibility of neighborhood businesses using Long Beach, California, as a case study. Although advocates of smart growth and New Urbanism encourage land use mixing, aggregate-level analysis can be too coarse to pick up on fine-grained aspects of urban streetscapes. This study uses assessor parcel records and a point-based business establishment data set to analyze city-wide patterns of accessibility from individual dwelling units to thirty-one types of neighborhood businesses, including grocery stores, service shops, drug stores, doctor's offices, and banks. Regression results compare parcel-level and neighborhood-level drivers of accessibility between 2006 and 2015 to gauge the aggregated effect of recent economic, demographic, and built environment changes on this aspect of urban spatial structure. Larger homes in older, multiunit buildings and higher income neighborhoods show substantial increases in accessibility to most establishment types, suggesting a trend toward both greater accessibility and larger dwelling units—despite the traditional trade-off between access and space. Although gradual increases in home and business density increased overall accessibility over this period, weaker neighborhood-level results indicate that this trend is less pronounced in high-poverty and non-white areas.

This project was designed togather information on how to best retrofit terminals and to validate new seismic design criteria. This was done by subjecting a 50-year-old former Navy pier in the Port of Long Beach to a battery of seismic tests. Because the pier was scheduled to be demolished, scientists were allowed to conduct seismic tests at an intensity that, under normal circumstances, would be infeasible. The National Sea Grant College Program funded the project with a broader goal of helping to revitalize the nation’s port infrastructure.