Blumenberg, Evelyn CV

Evelyn Blumenberg Curriculum Vitae
Department of Urban Planning

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
3250 Public Affairs Building
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656
Telephone: (310) 903-3305
Facsimile: (310) 206-5566
E-mail: eblumenb@ucla.edu
Education
1995 Ph.D., Urban Planning
University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation: Gender Politics: Local Labor Markets and Women’s Economic
Status
1990 M.A., Urban Planning (1st in class)

University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: Home Labor: The Sexual Division of Opportunities and Constraints
1983 B.A., Political Science, with honors

University of California, Berkeley
Thesis: Women and the California State Legislature
Academic Appointments
2011-present Professor
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
2004-2011 Associate Professor

UCLA School of Public Affairs
1998–2004 Assistant Professor

UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
1997–1998 Visiting Assistant Professor

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1995–1997 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Policy Studies
Other Appointments
2009-2011 Faculty Fellow

Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
UCLA School of Public Affairs
2005-2006 Visiting Associate Professor

Department of City and Regional Planning
Public Policy Center
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
1992– 1994 Visiting Scholar

Center for Urban and Regional Studies
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Awards and Honors

2014 White House Champion of Change, Obama Administration
1995–1997 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

$48,500 postgraduate fellowship
1993–1994 Nieditch Dissertation Fellowship

$17,000 graduate research fellowship
1992–1993 Charles F. Scott Fellowship

$12,000 public policy graduate studies fellowship
1991–1992 Charles F. Scott Fellowship

$10,000 public policy graduate studies fellowship
1990 Dean's Award for Overall Excellence

Selected by the UCLA Urban Planning faculty as the top graduating student in a
master’s class of sixty-four.
1989–1990 Wayne Ratkovich Fellowship

$2,000 urban planning graduate studies fellowship
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Memberships and Affiliations

1999–Present Research Associate
Mineta Transportation Institute
1997–Present Member
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
2007-Present Member
American Planning Association
1999–2007 Member
Southern California Inter-University Consortium on Homelessness and Poverty
The Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty
2000 Member
Association of Academic Women
Publications
Books and Monographs
7 (2014). Driving to Opportunity: Understanding the Links among Transportation

Access, Residential Outcomes, and Economic Opportunity for Housing Voucher
Recipients. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. Authors: Rolf Pendall,
Christopher Hayes, Arthur (Taz) George, Zach McDade (The Urban Institute);
Casey Dawkins, Jae Sik Jeon, Eli Knaap (National Center for Smart Growth,
University of MD); Evelyn Blumenberg, Gregory Pierce, Michael Smart (UCLA).
http://www.urban.org/publications/413078.html
6 (2011) Auto Motives? Understanding Our Car Use Behaviours, Karen Lucas,
Evelyn Blumenberg, and Rachel Weinberger, editors. Bingley, UK: Emerald
Group Publishing Limited.
5 (refereed) Agrawal, Asha Weinstein, Evelyn A. Blumenberg, Sarah Abel, Gregory Pierce,
and Charles N. Darrah (2011). Getting Around When You’re Just Getting By:
The Travel Behavior and Transportation Expenditures of Low-Income Adults.
San Jose, CA: Mineta Transportation Institute. (100 pages)
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4 (refereed) White, Richard A., Evelyn Blumenberg, Kenneth A. Brown, John M.

Contestabile, Ali Haghani, Arnold M. Howeitt, Thomas C. Lambert, Betty Hearn
Morrow, Michael H. Setzer, Ellis M. Stanley, Dr. and Andrew Velasquez III
(2008). The Role of Transit in Emergency Evacuation. Transportation Research
Board Special Report 294. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr294.pdf (283 pages)
3 Handy, Susan, Evelyn Blumenberg, Moira Donahue, Kristin Lovejoy, Caroline

Rodier, Susan Shaheen, Kimiko Shiki, Lily Song, and Gil Tal (2007). Travel
Behavior of Immigrants Groups in California. Berkeley, CA: University of
California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways. September 2007, CD and
web site: http://www.innovativemobility.org/immigrant_groups/
2 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Douglas Miller, Mark Garrett, Lisa Schweitzer, Karen

Kitsis, Michael Manville, and Bravishwar Mallavarapu (2003). California
Transportation Needs Assessment: The Transportation Barriers and Needs of
Welfare Recipients and Low-Wage Workers. Sacramento: California Department
of Transportation. (452 pages)
1 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn, with Peter Haas (2002). The Transportation Needs of the
Poor: A Study of Welfare Participants in Fresno County, California. MTI
Report 01-23. San Jose, CA: Mineta Transportation Institute. (185 pages)
Journal Articles
39 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (forthcoming). “Why Low-Income Women in the U.S. Still
Need Automobiles,” Town Planning Review.
38 (refereed) Carole Turley Voulgaris, Kelcie Ralph, Brian Taylor, and Evelyn Blumenberg
(forthcoming). Neighborhood Character and Travel Behavior: A Comprehensive
Analysis of the U.S. in the 2000s," Journal of Transport and Land Use.
37 (refereed) Brown, Anne, Evelyn Blumenberg, Brian D. Taylor, Carole Turley Voulgaris, and
Kelcie Ralph (forthcoming). A Taste for Transit? Analyzing Public Transit Use
Trends among Youth, Journal of Public Transportation.
36 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2016). “A Driving Factor in Moving to

Opportunity,” Access Magazine, 48 (Spring): 13-19.
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35 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2016). “The Drive to Work: The
Relationship between Transportation Access, Housing Assistance and
Employment among Participants in the Welfare to Work Voucher Program,”
Journal of Planning Education and Research.
34 Pendall, Christopher Hayes, Casey Dawkins, Jae Sik Jeon, Elijah Knaap, Evelyn
Blumenberg, Gregory Pierce, and Michael Smart (2015). “Driving to
Opportunities: Voucher Users, Cars, and Movement to Sustainable
Neighborhoods,” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research,
17(2).
33 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Gregory Pierce, and Michael Smart (2015). “Transportation

Access, Residential Location, and Economic Opportunity: Evidence from Two
Housing Voucher Experiments,” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development
and Research, 17(2).
32 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Trevor Thomas (2014). “Travel Behavior of the Poor
Post-Welfare Reform,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2452: 53-
61.
31 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Asha Weinstein Agrawal (2014). “Getting Around
When You’re Just Getting By: Transportation Survival Strategies of the Poor”
Journal of Poverty, 18: 355-378.
30 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2014). “A Driving Factor in Mobility?
Transportation’s Role in Connecting Subsidized Housing and Employment
Outcomes in the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) Program,” Journal of the
American Planning Association, 80(1): 52-66.
29 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2014). “Multimodal Travel and the
Poor: Evidence from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey,”
Transportation Letters. 6(1), January.
28 (refereed) Michael Smart (2014). “Brother Can You Spare a Ride? Carpooling in
Immigrant Neighborhoods,” Urban Studies, 51(9), 1871-1890.
27 Mondschein, Andrew, Brian Taylor, and Evelyn Blumenberg (2013) “Going

Mental: Everyday Travel and the Cognitive Map,” Access Magazine.
26 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2012). “Automobile Ownership and
Travel of the Poor: Evidence from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey,”
Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2320: 28-36.
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25 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Alexandra Norton (2010, Fall). “Falling Immigration

Rates Mean Falling Transit Ridership,” Access Magazine.
24 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Alexandra Elizabeth Evans (2010). “Planning for
Demographic Diversity: The Case of Immigrants and Public Transit,” Journal of
Public Transportation, 13(2): 23-45.
23 (referred) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Smart (2010). “Getting by With a Little Help
from My Friends…and Family: Immigrants and Carpooling,” Transportation,
37(3): 429-446.
22 (refereed) Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian Taylor (2010). “Accessibility
and Cognition: The Effect of Transportation Mode on Spatial Knowledge,” Urban
Studies, 47(4): 845-866.
21 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2009). “Moving In and Moving Around: Immigrants, Travel
Behavior, and Implications for Transport Policy,” Transportation Letters, 1(2): 169-
180.
20 (referred) Handy, Susan, Evelyn Blumenberg, Moira Donahue, Kristin Lovejoy, Caroline
Rodier, Susan Shaheen, Kimiko Shiki, and Lily Song (2008). “Travel Behavior
of Mexican and Other Immigrant Groups in California,” Berkeley Planning
Journal, 21: 1-24.
19 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Renia Ehrenfeucht (2008). “Civil Liberties and the
Regulation of Public Space: The Case of Sidewalks in Las Vegas,” Environment
and Planning A, 40(2): 303-322.
18 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2008). “Immigrants and Transport Barriers to

Employment: The Case of Southeast Asian Welfare Recipients in California,”
Transport Policy, 15: 33-42.
17 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Lily K. Song, and Paul Ong (2007, summer/fall).

“Surveying Southeast Asian Welfare Participants: Examples, Challenges, and
Future Directions,” AAPI Nexus Journal, 5(2): 55-75.
16 (refereed) Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian Taylor (2006). “Cognitive
Mapping, Travel Behavior, and Access to Opportunity,” Journal of the
Transportation Research Board, 1985: 266-272.
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15 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Lisa Schweitzer (2006, March/April). “Devolution and
Transport Policy for the Working Poor: The Case of the U.S. Job Access and
Reverse Commute Program,” Planning Theory and Practice, 7(1): 7-25.
14 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Manville (2004). “Beyond the Spatial
Mismatch: Welfare Recipients and Transportation Policy,” Journal of Planning
Literature, 19(2): 182-205.
13 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Kimiko Shiki (2004). “Spatial Mismatch Outside of
Large Urban Areas: An Analysis of Welfare Recipients in Fresno County,
California,” Environment and Planning C, 22(3): 401-421.
12 (refereed) Blumenberg Evelyn (2004). “En-gendering Effective Planning: Spatial

Mismatch, Low-Income Women, and Transportation Policy,” Journal of the
American Planning Association, 70:3: 269-281.
11 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Daniel Hess (2004). “Measuring the Role of
Transportation in Facilitating the Welfare-to-Work Transition: Evidence from
Three California Counties,” Transportation Research Record: The Journal of the
Transportation Research Board, 1859: 93-101.
10 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Kimiko Shiki (2003). “How Welfare Recipients Travel
on Public Transit, and Their Accessibility to Employment Outside Large Urban
Centers,” Transportation Quarterly, Spring, 57(2): 25-37.
9 (referred) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2002). “Planning for the Transportation Needs of Welfare
Participants: Institutional Challenges to Collaborative Planning,” Journal of
Planning Education and Research, 22(2): 152-163.
8 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2002). “On the Way to Work: Welfare Participants and
Barriers to Employment,” Economic Development Quarterly, 16(4): 314-325.
7 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (2001). “Cars, Buses, and Jobs: Welfare
Recipients and Employment Access in Los Angeles,” Transportation Research
Record: The Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1756: 22-31.
6 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2000). “Moving Welfare Participants to Work: Women,

Transportation, and Welfare Reform,” Affilia, 15(2): 259-276.
5 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (1998). “Gender Equity Planning: Inserting Women into
Local Economic Development,” Journal of Planning Literature, 13(2): 131-146.
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4 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (1998). “Job Accessibility and Welfare Usage:
Evidence from Los Angeles,” The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,
17(4): 639-657.
3 (refereed) Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg (1998). “Job Access, Commute, and Travel
Burden among Welfare Recipients,” Urban Studies, 35(1): 77-93.
2 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (1997). “Can Welfare Recipients Afford to
Work Far from Home?” Access, 10: 15-19.
1 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (1994). “Gender Politics and Local Labor Markets,”
Colloqui, 9: 46-54.
Book Chapters
10 Blumenberg, Evelyn (forthcoming). “Social Equity and Urban Transportation,”

The Geography of Urban Transportation, 4th Edition, eds. Susan Hanson and
Genevieve Giuliano. New York: The Guilford Press.
9 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Smart (2011). “Migrating to Driving:

Exploring the Multiple Dimensions of Immigrants’ Automobile Use,” Auto
Motives: Understanding Car Use Behaviours. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group
Publishing Limited.
8 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2006). “Metropolitan Dispersion and Diversity:

Implications for Community Economic Development,” Jobs and Economic
Development in Minority Communities: Realities, Challenges, and Innovation.
Temple University Press, pp. 13-39.
7 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Margy Waller (2005). “The Long Journey to Work: A
Federal Transportation Policy for Working Families.” Taking the High Road.
Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, pp. 197-226
6 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Randall Crane (2004). “Transport in the Urban Core,”
Transport Geography and Spatial Systems, Handbooks in Transport, Vol 5,
Oxford: Pergamon Press, pp. 67-76.
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5 (refereed) Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Renia Ehrenfeucht (2004).

“Sidewalk Democracy: Municipalities and the Regulation of Public Space,”
Regulating Place: Standards and the Shaping of Urban America, Eran Ben-
Joseph and Terry S. Szold, editors. New York: Routledge.
4 Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg (1997). “Scientists and Engineers,” in New
American Destinies. A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration.
Eds. Darrell Y. Hamamoto and Rodolfo D. Torres. New York: Routledge.
[reprint of monograph chapter]
3 (refereed) Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg (1996). “Income and Racial Inequality in Los
Angeles,” The City: Los Angeles and Urban Theory at the End of the Twentieth
Century, Allen Scott and Edward Soja, editors. Berkeley and Los Angeles:
University of California Press, pp. 311-335.
2 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (1994). “Labor Squeeze and Ethnic/Racial
Recomposition in the U.S. Apparel Industry,” Global Production: The Apparel
Industry in the Pacific Rim, Edna Bonacich, Lucie Cheng, Norma Chinchilla,
Nora Hamilton, and Paul Ong, editors. Philadelphia: Temple University Press,
pp. 309-327.
Reprinted in abbreviated form:
2A Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (1998). “Labor Squeeze and

Ethnic/Racial Recomposition in the U.S. Apparel Industry,” The Changing
Nature of Work: Frontier Issues in Economic Thought, Volume 4.
Covelo, CA: Island Press, pp. 94-97.
1 Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg (1993). “An Unnatural Trade-Off: Latinos
and Environmental Justice,” Latinos in a Changing U.S. Economy: Comparative
Perspectives on Growing Inequality, Frank Bonilla and Rebecca Morales, editors.
Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 207-225.
Book Review
2 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2014). “The Car Dependent Society,” Journal of Regional

Science, Journal of Regional Science, 54(3): 535–536.
1 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2007). “On Gender and Planning: Some Things Old, Some
Things New,” Journal of the American Planning Association, 73(1): 115-116.
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Reports
19 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Anne Brown, Kelcie Ralph, Brian D. Taylor, and Carole
Turley Voulgaris (2015). Typecasting Neighborhoods and Travelers. Analyzing the
Geography of Travel Behavior among Teens and Young Adults in the U.S. October.
18 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Brian D. Taylor, Michael Smart, Kelcie Ralph, Madeline

Wander, and Stephen Brumbaugh (2012). What's Youth Got to Do with It?
Exploring the Travel Behavior of Teens and Young Adults, University of
California Transportation Center, UCTC-FR-2012-14, September 2012 (138
pages).
17 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2009). “Moving In and Moving Around: Immigrants, Travel

Behavior, and Implications for Transport Policy,” University of California
Transportation Center, UCTC Research Paper No. 892, Fall.
16 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Smart (2009). “Travel In the ‘Hood: Ethnic
Neighborhoods and Mode Choice,” University of California Transportation Center,
UCTC Research Paper No. 891, Fall.
15 Handy, Susan, Evelyn Blumenberg, Moira Donahue, Kristin Lovejoy, Caroline

Rodier, Susan Shaheen, Kimiko Shiki, Lily Song, and Gil Tal (2009). Travel
Behavior of Immigrant Groups in California. California PATH Research report,
UCB-ITS-PRR-2009-30, May.
http://www.path.berkeley.edu/PATH/Publications/PDF/PRR/2009/PRR-2009-
30.pdf
14 Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor (2008).

“Accessibility and Cognition: The Effect of Transportation Mode on Spatial
Knowledge,” University of California Transportation Center, UCTC Research Paper
#867
13 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Moira Donahue, Susan Handy, Kristin Lovejoy, Caroline

Rodier, Susan Shaheen, and James Volker (2007). Travel of Diverse Populations:
Literature Review. California PATH Working Paper, Institute of Transportation
Studies, University of California, Berkeley, UCB-ITS-PWP-2007-5.
12 Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor (2005). “Cognitive

Mapping, Travel Behavior, and Access to Opportunity,” University of California
Transportation Center, UCTC Research Paper #753.
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11 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2005). “Transportation Barriers to Employment: Southeast

Asian Welfare Recipients in Los Angeles and Fresno Counties,” University of
California Transportation Center, UCTC Research Paper #752.
10 Blumenberg, Evelyn, and Kimiko Shiki (2003). “Spatial Mismatch Outside of

Large Urban Areas: An Analysis of Welfare Recipients in Fresno County
California,” University of California Transportation Center, UCTC Research Paper
#655.
9 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Margy Waller (2003). The Long Journey to Work: A
Federal Transportation Policy for Working Families. Washington, D.C.: The
Brookings Institution. (19 pages)
8 Blumenberg, Evelyn, and Kimiko Shiki (2003). “How Welfare Recipients Travel
on Public Transit, and Their Accessibility to Employment Outside Large Urban
Centers” University of California Transportation Center, UCTC Research Paper
#646.
7 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Paul M. Ong, and Andrew Mondschein (2002). “Uneven

Access to Opportunities. Welfare Recipients, Jobs, and Employment Support
Services in Los Angeles,” University of California Transportation Center, UCTC
Research Paper, No. 545.
6 Blumenberg, Evelyn, and Daniel Baldwin Hess (2002). “Measuring the Role of
Transportation in Facilitating the Welfare-to-Work Transition: Evidence from Three
California Counties,” University of California Transportation Center, UCTC
Research Paper #583.
5 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2002). “En-gendering Effective Planning: Transportation

Policy and Low-Income Women,” University of California Transportation Center,
UCTC Research Paper #582.
4 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (2002). “Cars, Buses and Jobs: Welfare
Participants and Employment Access in Los Angeles,” UCTC Research Paper No
544.
3 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2002). “Planning for the Transportation Needs of Welfare

Participants: Institutional Challenges to Collaborative Planning,” University of
California Transportation Center, UCTC Research Paper #543.
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2 Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg. 1997. “Job Access, Commute, and Travel
Burden Among Welfare Recipients,” UCLA, Lewis Center for Regional Policy
Studies, April. (21 pages)
1 Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg. 1997. “Job Accessibility and Welfare Usage:
Evidence from Los Angeles,” UCLA, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
March. (21 pages)
Monograph Chapters
5 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Paul Ong, and Andrew Mondschein (forthcoming*). “Uneven

Access to Opportunities. Welfare Recipients, Jobs, and Employment Support
Services in Los Angeles,” Access to Opportunities. Emory University. [*The
principal investigator sent us proofs of our chapter; however, he failed to produce a
final monograph.]
4 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2001). “Welfare Reform and the California Labor Market,”
State of California Labor. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California
Institute for Industrial Relations, pp. 267-288.
3 Paul Ong and Evelyn Blumenberg (1998). “The Transportation-Welfare Nexus:

Getting Welfare Recipients to Work,” California Policy Options 1999. Daniel J.B.
Mitchell and Patricia Nomura, editors. Los Angeles: UCLA School of Public
Policy and Social Research and the Anderson School Economic Forecast, pp. 25-35.
2 Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg (1994). “Scientists and Engineers,” The State of
Asian Pacific America: Economic Diversity, Issues, and Policies, Paul Ong, editor.
Los Angeles: LEAP Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute and UCLA
Asian American Studies Center, pp. 165-189.
1 Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg (1994). “Welfare and Work among Southeast
Asians,” The State of Asian Pacific America: Economic Diversity, Issues, and
Policies, Paul Ong, editor. Los Angeles: LEAP Asian Pacific American Public
Policy Institute and UCLA Asian American Studies Center, pp. 113-138.
Short Articles
4 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (forthcoming). “A Driving Factor in

Economic Mobility? Transportation and Employment in the Moving to
Opportunity (MTO) Program,” Access.
3 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2004). “Transportation Costs and Economic Opportunity

Among the Poor,” Access, 23: 40-41.
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2 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2002). “Reverse Commute Transit Programs and Single

Mothers on Welfare: A Policy Mismatch?” Tech Transfer, Winter: 4-6.
1 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2001). “On the Way to Work: Transportation, Women,

and Welfare Reform in the U.S.,” Women and Environments, 50/51: 21-22.
Conference Proceedings
2 Leung, Carolyn, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Julia Heintz-Mackoff (2001). The

Journey to Work: UCLA Symposium on Welfare Reform and Transportation –
Summary of Conference Proceedings. Los Angeles: UCLA Lewis Center for
Regional Policy Studies. (54 pages)
1 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Steve Moga, and Paul Ong (1998). Getting Welfare
Recipients to Work: Transportation and Welfare Reform – Summary of Conference
Proceedings. Los Angeles: UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. (44
pages)
Other Written Work

Reports
3 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (1997). Neighborhood Economies and Welfare
Dynamics. Report prepared for the Urban Institute's Transitions from Welfare to
Work Small Grants Program.
2 Blumenberg, Evelyn (1992). “A Review of Explanations for Poverty,” report

prepared for the California Department of Social Services.
1 Ong, Paul and Evelyn Blumenberg (1990). From Research to Policy Formation:
Income Inequality and Ethnic Diversity in Los Angeles. Report to the Haynes
Foundation of Los Angeles.
Conference Papers
31 (refereed) Voulgaris, Carole, Evelyn Blumenberg, Brian Taylor, Anne Brown, and Kelcie
Ralph (2016). “ Neighborhood Character and Travel Behavior: Comprehensive
Analysis of the United States in the 2000s,” Transportation Research Board 95th
Annual Meeting.
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30 (refereed) Brown, Anne, Evelyn Blumenberg, Brian Taylor, Carole Turley Voulgaris, and
Kelcie Ralph (2016). “Taste for Transit? Youth and Public Transit in the United
States,” Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting.
29 (refereed) Ralph, Kelcie, Carole Turley Voulgaris, Brian Taylor, Evelyn Blumenberg, and
Anne Brown (2016). “Youth, Travel, and the Built Environment: Insights from
Typecasting Places and Younger Travelers,” Transportation Research Board 95th
Annual Meeting.
28 (refereed) Salon, Deborah, Evelyn Blumenberg, Trevor Thomas, Jeffrey Williams, Jahalel
Tuil (2016). “Spatial Analysis of Housing and Transportation Affordability in
Los Angeles County,” Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting.
27 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Jane Pollard, and Stephen Brumbaugh (2015). “Buy Here,
Poor Here? Predatory Lending in the Automobile Industry, Annual Conference of
the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
26 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2015). “Reducing Long-Term

Exposure to Poverty: Evidence from Moving to Opportunity Experiment,”
Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting.
25 (refereed) Thomas, Trevor and Evelyn Blumenberg (2015). “Travel Adaptations and the
Great Recession: Evidence from Los Angeles County,” Transportation Research
Board 94th Annual Meeting.
24 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn, Madeline Wander, Brian Taylor, and Michael Smart (2013).
“Youth, Travel Mode, and the Journey to Work,” Transportation Research Board
92nd Annual Meeting.
23 (refereed) Taylor, Brian D., Kelcie Ralph, Evelyn Blumenberg, Michael Smart (2013). “Who
Knows About Kids These Days? Analyzing Determinants of Youth and Adult
Mobility Between 1990 and 2009,” Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual
Meeting.
22 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2012). “Automobile Ownership and
Travel of the Poor: Evidence from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey,”
Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting.
21 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn, Michael Smart, and Andrew Lee (2010). “Commute Distance
and Ethnic Neighborhoods in Southern California,” Transportation Research Board
89th Annual Meeting, Paper #10-3814.
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20 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2009). “Immigration Internally and from Abroad,”

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting, Paper #09-0092.
19 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Smart (2009). “Travel In the ’Hood: Ethnic
Neighborhoods and Mode Choice,” Transportation Research Board 88th Annual
Meeting, Paper #09-2179.
18 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Smart (2009). “Ethnic Enclaves and Commute
Behavior in Los Angeles and New York City,” Transportation Research Board 88th
Annual Meeting, Paper #09-0872.
17 Smart, Michael and Evelyn Blumenberg (2009). “Immigrant Neighborhoods and

the Spatial Clustering of Employment,” 50th Anniversary Annual Conference of the
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
16 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2009). “Congestion: Are Immigrants to Blame,” 50th

Anniversary Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning.
15 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2008). “Immigrants and Travel Behavior: A Tale of

Migration, Mobility, and Assimilation,” Impact of Changing Demographics on the
Transportation System, Transportation Research Board.
14 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Smart (2008). “Commute Mode and Ethnic
Neighborhoods,” Impact of Changing Demographics on the Transportation System,
Transportation Research Board.
13 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Smart (2008). “Getting by with a Little Help
From my Friends and Family: Immigrants and Carpooling,” Fourth Joint Congress
of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the Association of
European Schools of Planning, Paper #859.
12 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Lily Song (2008). “Travel Behavior of Immigrants in
California: Trends and Policy Implications,” The Transportation Research Board
11 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Kimiko Shiki (2008). “Immigrants and Resource Sharing:
The Case of Carpooling,” Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting,
Paper #08-2965.
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10 (refereed) Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor (2008).

“Accessibility and Cognition: Effect of Transportation Mode on Spatial
Knowledge,” Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting, Paper #08-1998.
9 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Kimiko Shiki (2007). “Sharing Resources: Immigrants

and Car-pooling in California,” 48th Annual Conference of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning, Paper #549.
8 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Alexandra Evans (2007). “Growing the Immigrant Transit
Market: Public Transit Use and California Immigrants,” Transportation Research
Board 86th Annual Meeting, Paper #07-1678.
7 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Kimiko Shiki (2007). “Transportation Assimilation:

Immigrants, Race and Ethnicity, and Mode Choice,” Transportation Research Board
6 (refereed) Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, Brian D. Taylor (2006). Cognitive

Mapping, Travel Behavior, and Access to Opportunity, Transportation Research
Board 85th Annual Meeting, Paper #06-2883.
5 (refereed) Blumenberg Evelyn (2005). “Transportation Costs and the American Dilemma:
Race, Ethnicity, and Costs of Travel,” Transportation Research Board 84th Annual
Meeting, Paper #05-1505.
4 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Renia Ehrenfeucht (2002). “The Public Sector and the
Public Domain: The Case of Las Vegas, Nevada,” Association of Collegiate
Schools of Planning Conference.
3 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Daniel Hess (2003). “Measuring the Role of
Transportation in Facilitating the Welfare-to-Work Transition: Evidence from Three
California Counties,” Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting, Paper
#03-4122.
2 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (2001). “Cars, Buses, and Jobs: Welfare
Participants and Employment Access in Los Angeles,” Transportation Research
Board Annual Meeting, Paper #01-3068.
1 Blumenberg, Evelyn (1994). “Income Security or Welfare Dependency: Flaws in

Clinton's Welfare Reform.” Invited paper prepared for a Roundtable of Welfare
Reform and Cities at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate
Schools of Planning, Tempe, AZ.
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Research Grants
2016-2018 Principal Investigator (w/ George M. DeShazo and Paul M. Ong)

Designing light-duty vehicle incentives for low- and moderate-income households
$482,608
2015-2016 Principal Investigator (w/ Jane Pollard)

Geographies of mobility and debt: The rise of subprime auto lending in California
$8,039 from British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
2015-2016 Principal Investigator (w/ Madeline Brozen)

Heightening Walking above its Pedestrian Status: Walking and Travel Behavior in
California
$91,108 from UC CONNECT.
2013-2015 Principal Investigator (w/ Brian Taylor)

An examination of the geographic variation in travel behavior.
$125,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration.
2012-2014 Principal Investigator (w/ Rolf Pendall, Urban Institute, and Casey Dawkins,
University of Maryland)
An examination of the transportation and residential location choices of HUD
voucher recipients
$500,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
2012-2014 Principal Investigator (w/ Paula Sirola, Community Garden Council)

An analysis of the characteristics and needs of community gardens in Los Angeles
$16,000 from the UCLA Center for Civil Society
2012-2013 Principal Investigator (w/ Deborah Salon, University of California, Davis)

A spatial analysis of housing and transportation affordability in Los Angeles
County
$30,014 (UCLA portion) from the University of California Transportation Center
2011-2012 Principal Investigator (with Brian Taylor, UCLA)

An examination of the travel behavior of youth
$40,000
2011–2012 Principal Investigator

An examination of the relationship between income and multimodal travel
$9,400 from the University of California Transportation Center
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2009–2010 Principal Investigator (with Asha Weinstein, San Jose State University)
An examination of the travel behavior and transportation expenditures of low-
income adults
$60,611 from the Mineta Transportation Institute

An examination of employment clustering among residents living in ethnic
neighborhoods
$15,000 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California,
Los Angeles.

Examination of immigrant enclaves and the residential location and travel patterns
of immigrants in Los Angeles and New York
$53,371 from the University of California Transportation Center

Examination of immigrant enclaves and the residential location and employment of
immigrants
$10,000 from the University of California, Los Angeles, Academic Senate
2004–2007 Investigator (with Susan Handy, UC Davis, Susan Shaheen and Caroline Rodier, UC
Berkeley)
Examination of travel behavior for diverse population groups in California
$384,711 grant from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Principal Investigator (UCLA portion of grant), data analysis of the travel
behavior of immigrants in California, $103,541
2004–2006 Principal Investigator (with Brian Taylor, UCLA)

Examination of auto-mobility, spatial isolation and the poor.
$39,339 grant from the University of California Transportation Center

Examination of race, ethnicity and the costs of travel
$3,000 grant from the University of California, Los Angeles, Academic Senate

Examination of the race, ethnicity and the costs of travel
$2,000 stipend from the Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
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Examination of the historical travel patterns of the poor.
$3,564 grant from the University of California, Academic Senate.

Examination of the relationship between earnings, commute mode, and commute
distance.
$5,915 grant from the University of California Institute for Labor and Employment.

Statewide analysis and assessment of the transportation needs of welfare recipients.
$216,000 grant from the California Department of Transportation.

Examination of the effects of privatized public space on organized labor.
$10,543 grant from the University of California Institute for Labor and Employment.

Analysis of the transportation behavior and needs of welfare recipients in Fresno
County, California.
$80,056 grant from the Mineta Transportation Institute.

Investigation of the racial/ethnic variation in the travel behavior of welfare
participants in Los Angeles.
$1,200 grant from the UCLA Academic Senate.

Examination of the transportation needs and behavior of welfare participants in
California’s San Joaquin Valley (Fresno County).
$44,724 grant from the University of California Transportation Center.

Examination of the transportation needs and behavior of Southeast Asian welfare
participants.
1999-2000 Co-Principal Investigator (with Paul Ong and Brian Taylor, UCLA)
Examination of the role of transportation in facilitating the welfare-to-work
transition (Alameda County).
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Analysis of the spatial location of female-dominated occupations in Los Angeles.
$3,125 grant from the UCLA Academic Senate.
1999–2000 Investigator (with Paul Ong, UCLA)

Analysis of health insurance for families exiting welfare through employment
$45,600 grant from the UC/California Policy Research Center

Develop the agenda and program for a second national research symposium on the
relationships between transportation, employment, and welfare reform.
1998–2000 Investigator (with Paul Ong, UCLA)

Analysis of employment outcomes of welfare recipients under TANF
$24,997 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor
1998–1999 Co-Principal Investigator (with Paul Ong, UCLA)

Analyze the spatial distribution of welfare recipients, job opportunities, and support
services in Los Angeles.
$45,000 grant from the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations.
1998–1999 Co-Principal Investigator (with Paul Ong and Brian Taylor, UCLA)
Examination of the role of transportation in facilitating the welfare-to-work
transition.

Develop the agenda and program for a national research symposium on the
relationships between transportation, employment, and welfare reform.
1995–1997 Co-Principal Investigator (with Paul Ong, UCLA)

Analyze the relationship between neighborhood economies and welfare usage.
$33,000 grant from the Urban Institute.
1994 Co-Principal Investigator (with Paul Ong, UCLA)

Develop a research program on the relationship between welfare usage and the
labor market.
$10,000 planning grant from the Haynes Foundation.
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Public Speaking
Invited Presentations
2016 “Current and Future Trends in Transit Riders and Patronage,” The Future of
Public Transit, 9th Annual UCLA Downtown Los Angeles Forum on
Transportation, Land Use and the Environment, April 27.
2015 “Art in Movement: Public Transportation & Geography,” LA Convergence,

October 29.
2015 “Moving in or Out? Location Preferences of Millennials and the Poor,” panel on
Confronting Graduate Change at the Lake Arrowhead Symposium on the
Transportation-Land Use-Environment Connection, October.
2015 “The Demographics of Public Transit in Los Angeles: Implications for the Future
of Transit,” Los Angeles Metro, October.
2015 “Integrating Space and Time. Analyzing Travel Trends across Places and
Decades,” Clemson University, September.
2015 “Going Green or in the Red? What’s Behind the Decline in Driving among Teens
and Young Adults,” Clemson University, September.
2014 “Driving Mobility: The Role of Automobiles and Public Transit,” Poverty and
Place Conference, Poverty Center, University of California, Davis, November.
2014 “Building for Today – Thinking about Tomorrow: How Changing

Demographics, Economic Recovery, Politics and the Environment are Impacting
Real Estate Development,” Crocker Symposium, November.
2014 “What’s Youth Got to Do with It? Exploring the Travel Behavior of Teens and
Young Adults,” University of Southern California, November
2014 “Inclusive Cities and Transit,” Transit & Cities: Past, Present, Future, University
of California, Berkeley, March.
2014 “Shifts in Travel Behavior: Where Are We Going and How Do We Know?
Tenth Annual Travel Data User Forum,” Transportation Research Board Annual
Conference, January.
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2013 “Teens, Tech, and Travel: What’s Behind the Dramatic Changes in Travel
Among Teens and Young Adults,” Changing Behaviors, Changing Cities
Lake Arrowhead Symposium on the Transportation-Land Use-Environment
Connection.
2013 “Brother Can You Spare a Ride. Carpooling in Immigrant Neighborhoods,”

Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, February 12
2012 “Immigrants and Public Transit Ridership,” University of California Center,

Sacramento, February 23.
2011 “Commute Mode and Latino New Urbanism: Exploring the Link Between
Hispanic Mode Choice and Residential Location in Hispanic Neighborhoods,”
Transportation Research Board, Using Census Data for Transportation
Applications Conference, Irvine, October 26
2011 “Immigrants Use of Public Transit” presentation for the leadership of Metro, Los
Angeles, October 19
2011 “Getting Around When You're Just Getting By: Transportation Survival
Strategies of the Urban Poor,” Webinar, UC Davis, Sustainable Transportation
Center, May.
2010 “The Importance & Impact of Cars for Family Economic Success,” Webinar,
National Consumer Law Center, December 9.
2010 “Ethnic Neighborhoods and Travel Behavior,” City University of New York, New
York, February 25.
2010 “When Times Get Tough do the Tough Get Going, Low-Income Households and
the Transportation Expenditure Burden,” Moving Out of Poverty: The Economic
and Environmental Impacts of Programs Aimed at Mitigating Spatial Mismatch,
February 11, 2010, Cornell University.
2010 Discussant, “Logics of Belonging and Exclusion,” Thinking Gender Conference,

UCLA Center for the Study of Women, February
2008 “Immigrants and Travel Behavior: A Tale of Migration, Mobility, and

Assimilation,” Impact of Changing Demographics on the Transportation System
Conference, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, October.
22
2008 “Commute Mode and Ethnic Neighborhoods,” Impact of Changing Demographics

on the Transportation System Conference, Transportation Research Board,
Washington, DC, October.
2007 “Planning for Demographic Diversity: The Case of Immigrants and

Transportation in California,” University of California, Davis, November.
2007 “Transportation and Evacuation Procedures for Vulnerable Populations during a

Disaster,” Vulnerable Populations: Emergency Preparedness Conference,
University Maryland, Center for Health and Homeland Security, November.
2007 “Planning for Demographic Diversity: The Case of Immigrants and

Transportation in California,” On the Road to Sustainability: From Research to
Practice, California PATH-University Transportation Centers, University of
California, Berkeley, October.
2007 “Immigration, Location, and Travel in California. Do the Biggest Impacts Lie
Ahead?” UCLA Lake Arrowhead Transportation-Land Use-Environment
Connection Symposium, October.
2007 “The Travel Behavior of Immigrants in California: Trends and Policy

Implications,” RAND Corporation, Transportation Seminar Series, July.
2006 “Cars, Consumer Expenditures, and Low-Income Households,” presentation for

the Low-Income Car Ownership Practice and Policy Convening, The Annie E.
Casey Foundation and the National Economic Development and Law Center,
Baltimore, September
2006 “Meeting the Mobility Needs of Low-Income Families. The Role of Cars, Transit
and Effective Planning,” presentation as part of the Hawaii Highway Users
Alliance panel series, Honolulu, HI, June 2006.
2005 “Transportation and Low-Income Households,” Low-Income Car Ownership:

New Policy for Employment and Family Well-Being, Brookings Institution,
Washington, DC, December.
2005 “Policy Research: Impacting and Informing the Field,” Low-Income Car
Ownership Practice and Policy Convening, The Annie E. Casey Foundation and
the National Economic Development and Law Center, Baltimore, September 26-
28.
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2005 “Transportation Costs and the American Dilemma: Race, Ethnicity, and the Costs
of Travel,” The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., January.
2004 “The Cost of Mobility. A Town Hall on Transportation Spending in Low-Income

Households,” panel member and moderator, Metropolitan Transportation
Commission, September 15.
2004 “The Journey to Work: Transportation, Economic Opportunity, and the Poor,”
Northwestern University, May.
2003 “The Journey to Work: Transportation, Economic Opportunity, and the Poor,”
School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California,
November.
2003 “California Transportation Needs Assessment: The Transportation Barriers of

Welfare Recipients and Low-Wage Workers,” research briefing for the California
Department of Social Services, Sacramento, CA, April.
2003 “Travel Patterns of Welfare Recipients in California” at the Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January.
2002 “A Welfare-to-Work Transportation Needs Assessment Study,” plenary session talk

at the Job Access and Reverse Commuting in California: The Public Agency-
Transit Connection, conference, Oakland, California, October.
2002 “Traversing Space: Physical, Virtual and Global Networks,” session moderator at
Thinking Gender, 12th Annual University of California Graduate Student Research
Conference, UCLA, March.
2002 “En-gendering Effective Planning: Transportation Policy and Low-Income

Women,” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Institute of
Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar Series, University of California,
Berkeley, February.
2000 “Will the Rising Tide Lift All Boats? Metropolitan Development and Social
Equity in an Era of Rapid Growth,” at Growth and the Quality of Life: The 10th
Annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium on the Transportation – Land Use –
Environment Connection, Lake Arrowhead, California, October.
2000 “Transportation and Welfare Reform,” at Livable Communities: Linking People

& Employment, symposium sponsored by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District,
Oakland, May.
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2000 “Transportation and Welfare Reform,” Department of Civil and Environmental

Engineering/Institute of Transportation Studies Transportation Seminar Series,
University of California, Berkeley, March.
2000 “Transportation Issues in Welfare-to-Work Programs,” UCLA/LA Marginal

Majority Workshop Series, UCLA College of Letters and Science and the Lewis
Center for Regional Policy Studies, February.
2000 “Transportation and the Social Implications of Changing Employment Practices,”

at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington,
D.C., January.
1999 “Transportation and Welfare Reform in Los Angeles County,” to the Economic
Well-Being Workgroup of the Long-Term Self-Sufficiency Planning Process, Los
Angeles Department of Social Services, August.
1999 “Transportation and the Welfare-to-Work Transition,” School of Urban Studies

and Planning, Portland State University, Portland, May
1999 “The Labor Market and the Los Angeles Economy,” to the Fellows of the
Humphrey International Fulbright Program, Los Angeles, March.
1998 “The Transportation-Welfare Nexus: Getting Welfare Recipients to Work,”

presentation at the 47th Annual UCLA Anderson Business Forecast Meeting, Los
Angeles, December.
1998 “The Use of Employment Development Department (EDD) Data in Welfare-

Related Research," at Using State Labor Market Data for Academic Research,
California Policy Research Center and UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy
Studies, November.
1998 “Obstacles to Independence: Transportation,” presentation at Getting It to Work:

A Conference on Welfare-to-Work and Families, sponsored by the Legal Aid
Foundation of Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal
Services Inc., Los Angeles, September.
1998 “Transportation and Welfare Reform,” a Brookings Institution lecture,

Washington, D.C., June.
1997 “Transportation and Welfare-to-Work,” at the Access-to-Jobs Conference,

sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration, San Francisco, California,
December.
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1994 “Income Security or Welfare Dependency: Flaws in Clinton's Welfare Reform

Package,” at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning, Tempe, Arizona, November.
1994 “Southeast Asians and Welfare,” at the LEAP Asian Pacific American Public
Policy Institute Roundtable, Los Angeles, California, July.
1994 “Southeast Asians and Welfare,” at the LEAP Asian Pacific American Public
Policy Institute Conference, Washington, DC, May.
Research Presentations
2014 “A Driving Factor in Mobility? Transportation’s Role in Connecting Subsidized

Housing and Economic Outcomes,” presentation at the Annual Meeting of the
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
October.
2013 “Youth, Travel Mode, and the Journey to Work,” Transportation Research Board
92nd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January.
2012 “Automobile Ownership and Travel of the Poor: Evidence from the 2009 National
Household Travel Survey,” Transportation Research Board, 91st Meeting,
Washington, D.C., January.
2011 “Multimodal Travel and the Poor: Evidence from the 2009 National Household
Travel Survey,” presentation at the Annual meeting of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake City, October.
2011 “Getting around When You’re Just Getting By: Transportation Survival
Strategies of the Poor” presentation at the 90th Annual Meeting of the
Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January.
2010 “Commute Distance and Ethnic Neighborhoods: Is there a Relationship?”
presentation at the Annual meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October.
2009 “Congestion: Are Immigrants to Blame?” presentation at the Annual Meeting of

the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Crystal City, Virginia,
October.
2009 “Travel in the ’Hood: Ethnic Neighborhoods and Mode Choice,” at the 89th
Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January.
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2007 “Sharing Resources: Immigrants and Carpooling in California,” presentation at

the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October.
2007 “Transportation Assimilation: The Case of Immigrants and Automobiles,” at the

World Congress of Transportation Researchers Conference, Berkeley, June.
2007 “Growing the Immigrant Transit Market: Public Transit Use and California
Immigrants” at the World Congress of Transportation Research Conference,
Berkeley, June.
2006 “Transportation Assimilation: Immigrants and Mode Choice,” at the Annual

Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Ft. Worth, Texas,
November.
of Travel,” at the 84nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
of Travel,” at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning, Portland, Oregon, November.
2003 “Measuring the Role of Transportation in Facilitating the Welfare-to-Work

Transition: Evidence from Three California Counties” at the 3rd Joint Congress of
the Association of European Schools of Planning and the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning, Leuven, Belgium, July.
2003 “Welfare Usage and Geographic Access to Employment: A Cross-County

Comparison,” at the 3rd Joint Congress of the Association of European Schools of
Planning and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Leuven,
Belgium, July.
2003 “Measuring the Role of Transportation in Facilitating the Welfare-to-Work

Transition: Evidence from Three California Counties” at the 82nd Annual Meeting
of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January.
2002 “Devolution and the New Federalism: The Role of the Federal Job Access
Program in Improving the Mobility of Welfare Recipients,” at the Annual
Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Baltimore,
Maryland, November.
27
2002 “En-gendering Effective Planning: Transportation Policy and Low-Income

Women,” at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
2001 “Cars, Buses, and Jobs: Welfare Recipients and Employment Access in Los
Angeles,” at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board,
2000 “Planning for the Transportation Needs of Welfare Participants: Barriers to Inter-
Agency Collaboration,” at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate
Schools of Planning, Atlanta, Georgia, November.
2000 “Access to Jobs by Welfare Recipients: The Role of Public Transportation. Los
Angeles,” at the Journey to Work: UCLA Symposium on Welfare Reform and
Transportation, Los Angeles.
2000 “Job Access, Commute, and Travel Burden Among Welfare Recipients,” at the 79th
Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January.
1999 “Access to Opportunity: Lessons from the Welfare-to-Work Challenge in Four

Metropolitan Regions – Los Angeles,” at the Annual Fall Research Conference of
the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C.,
November.
1999 “Uneven Access to Opportunities Welfare Recipients, Jobs, and Employment

Support Services in Los Angeles,” at the Annual Meeting of the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago, Illinois, October.
1998 “The Travel Behavior of Welfare Recipients,” at Getting Welfare Recipients to

Work: Transportation and Welfare Reform, Institute of Transportation Studies,
School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles,
March.
1998 “Transportation and Welfare Usage: Research, Planning, and Collaboration,” at

Getting Welfare Recipients to Work: Transportation and Welfare Reform, Institute
of Transportation Studies, School of Public Policy and Social Research, University
of California, Los Angeles, March.
1997 “Job Accessibility and Welfare Usage Among the Poor: Evidence from Los
Angeles,” at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Planning, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November.
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1996 “Gender and U.S. Economic Development Planning,” at the Joint International
Congress of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and the AESOP,
Toronto, Canada.
1996 “Neighborhood Economies and Welfare Dynamics,” to the National Association for
Welfare Research and Statistics Workshop, San Francisco, California.
1996 “Global Cities, Local Labor Markets: Comparable Worth and Women's Economic
Status,” at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
1994 “Gender Politics and Female Employment: Metropolitan Variation in Women's

Economic Status," at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools
of Planning, Tempe, Arizona, November.
1994 “Metropolitan Variation in Women's Employment,” at the Annual Meeting of the

Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California, March.
1993 “Cities for Women: Local Labor Markets and Women's Economic Status,” at the
Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia,
October.
1992 “Labor Squeeze and Ethnic/Racial Recomposition in the U.S. Apparel Industry,”
(with Paul Ong) lecture sponsored by the Center for Pacific Rim Studies at the
University of California, Los Angeles, May.
1991 “Time, Space, and the Reproduction of Inequality: Evidence from the U.S. Garment
Industry,” at the Annual Conference of Pacific Coast Geographers, Tucson,
September.
1991 “Research on the Garment Industry: A Regional and Institutional Approach” (with
Paul Ong), lecture sponsored by the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, Los
Angeles, February.
Service
Professional and Community Service
2016 Editorial Board

Economic Development Quarterly
Journal of Planning Education and Research
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Referee
Journal of Poverty
National Center for Sustainable Transportation, Research Proposal Evaluation
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant of Canada
Transport Policy
Transportation Research Part D
Urban Studies
Committee Member
Mentoring Committee, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Social and Economic Factors of Transportation (ADD20), Transportation
Research Board, National Academy of Sciences

Referee
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Journal of Public Transportation
Journal of Transport Geography (2)
Transportation Research Board (conference papers)
Urban Studies
Chair
Committee Member

Referee
Case Studies on Transport Policy
International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
Journal of Poverty
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Journal of the American Planning Association

Journal of Transport Geography
Journal of Urban Technology
METRANS (research proposal)
Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (research report)
Transport Review
Transportation
Transportation Research Board (conference papers)
Urban Studies
Chair
Organizer, Post-Doctoral Workshop for Students of Color, UCLA—USC—
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Committee Member

Journal of Transportation and Society
Referee
Children Youth Environments
Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Transport Policy
Urban Studies
Committee Member

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Referee
Journal of Planning Literature
Social Service Review
Transportation
University of California Transportation Center (grant proposal)
Committee Member

Referee
Environment and Planning A
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (grant proposal)
Transportation

Referee
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Journal of Planning Literature
Journal of Urban Affairs
Transportation Research Part A
Mineta Transportation Center (proposal review)

Referee
Environment and Planning B
Industrial Relations
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Journal of Public Transportation

International Conference on Travel Behavior

Referee
Metrans Transportation Center, University of Southern California (proposal review)
Journal of Planning, Education and Research
Transportation Research Board (annual conference papers)
Urban Geography
Urban Studies
Committee Member
Committee on the Role of Public Transportation in Emergency Evacuation,
Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences

Referee
Journal of Regional Science
Journal of Women, Politics and Policy
National Science Foundation (proposal review)
Public Administration Review
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Urban Geography
Metrans Transportation Center, University of Southern California (proposal review)
Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (proposal review)
World Conference on Transportation Researchers Conference (annual conference
papers)
Committee Member
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Track Chair
World Conference on Transport Research

Committee Member
Referee
Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy
Urban Studies (2)
Track Chair

Committee Member
Committee on Women’s Issues in Transportation, Transportation Research Board,
National Academies
Referee
National Science Foundation (grant proposal)
Population Research and Policy Review
Southern Economic Journal
Women’s Travel Conference, Transportation Research Board, National Academies
(conference papers)

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Committee Member
Committee on Women’s Issues in Transportation, Transportation Research Board,
National Academies
Advisory Committee, Los Angeles Department of Transportation DASH Study
Referee
Growth and Change
Southern Economic Journal
Urban Studies
Public Institute of California
Mineta Transportation Institute
Transportation Research Board (annual conference)
University of Rhode Island Transportation Center
2003 Advisory Committee Member

Making the Connection between Transportation and Civil Rights
Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
Referee
Urban Studies
New England Transportation Center
2002 Referee
APA Policy, Practice & Community. A Journal on Asian Pacific Americans
Journal of Transportation and Statistics
Social Service Review
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference
2000-2001 Technical Consultant

Los Angeles Department of Public Social Services, Welfare-to-Work
Transportation Inter-Agency Task Force, Phase II of CalWORKs Transportation
Planning Process.
2001 Referee
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference
California Policy Research Center
New England Transportation Center
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University of California Transportation Center
1999-2000 Organizer and Program Director

“Journey to Work: UCLA Symposium on Welfare Reform and Transportation,”
University of California, Los Angeles, April, 6-7, 2000.
2000 Referee
Transportation Planning and Technology
1999 Member
Economic Well-Being Workgroup of the Long-Term Family Self-Sufficiency
Planning Process, Los Angeles Department of Social Services.
1998 Organizer and Program Director

“Getting Welfare Recipients to Work: Transportation and Welfare Reform,”
University of California, Los Angeles, March, 26-27, 1998
University Service
2015-2016 Chair
Department of Urban Planning, Luskin School of Public Affairs
Member
Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Advisory Committee
Chancellor’s Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research
Gold Shield Selection Committee
Research Oversight Committee, UCLA
Dean’s Search Committee, Luskin School of Public Affairs
2014-2015 Chair
Member
Chancellor’s Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research
Oversight Committee, UCLA
Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Advisory Committee
Gold Shield Selection Committee
2013-2014 Chair
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Member
Ad Hoc Review Committee, UCLA
2012-2013 Vice-Chair
Committee on Degree Programs, Graduate Council, UCLA Academic Senate
Committee Member
Graduate Council, Academic Senate, UCLA
Administrative Committee, Graduate Council, Academic Senate
Committee Member
Social Justice Committee, Luskin School of Public Affairs
Committee on Degree Programs, Graduate Council, Academic Senate
Administrative Committee, Graduate Council, Academic Senate
2010-2011 Chair
Doctoral Program, Department of Urban Planning
Co-Chair
Committee on Degree Programs, Graduate Council, Academic Senate
Committee Member
Financial Aid Committee, Department of Urban Planning
Curriculum (PhD), Department of Urban Planning
Social Justice Committee, School of Public Affairs
2009-2010 Chair
Committee Member
Curriculum (PhD), Department of Urban Planning
Staffing Working Group, Department of Urban Planning
Faculty Executive Committee, Department of Urban Planning
Faculty Executive Committee, School of Public Affairs
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2008-2009 Chair
Committee Member
Curriculum (PhD program), Department of Urban Planning
Chair
Chair
Faculty Search Committee, Department of Urban Planning and Institute of the
Environment
Member
Ad Hoc Tenure Review Committee, UCLA
2005-2006 on sabbatical
2004-2005 Chair
Ph.D. Task Force, Department of Urban Planning
Client Project Committee, Department of Urban Planning
Committee Member
Faculty Executive Committee, School of Public Policy and Social Research
Ad Hoc Tenure Review Committee, UCLA
2003-2004 Chair
Ph.D. Program, Department of Urban Planning
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2001-2003 Committee Member

Ph.D. Program, Department of Urban Planning
1998-2002 Member
Executive Committee, Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
School of Public Policy and Social Research
1997-2001 Coordinator
Student Recruitment, Department of Urban Planning
1999-2001 Elected Chair

1999-2001 Elected Member

Faculty Executive Committee, School of Public Policy and Social Research
2000-2001 Member
1998-1999 Member
1998-1999 Director
Undergraduate Program, Department of Urban Planning
1991-1992 Member
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Evelyn Blumenberg Curriculum Vitae

Department of Urban Planning

1990 M.A., Urban Planning (1st in class)

1983 B.A., Political Science, with honors

2004-2011 Associate Professor

1998–2004 Assistant Professor

1997–1998 Visiting Assistant Professor

1995–1997 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow

2009-2011 Faculty Fellow

2005-2006 Visiting Associate Professor

1992– 1994 Visiting Scholar

Awards and Honors

1995–1997 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

1993–1994 Nieditch Dissertation Fellowship

1992–1993 Charles F. Scott Fellowship

1991–1992 Charles F. Scott Fellowship

1990 Dean's Award for Overall Excellence

1989–1990 Wayne Ratkovich Fellowship

Memberships and Affiliations

7 (2014). Driving to Opportunity: Understanding the Links among Transportation

4 (refereed) White, Richard A., Evelyn Blumenberg, Kenneth A. Brown, John M.

3 Handy, Susan, Evelyn Blumenberg, Moira Donahue, Kristin Lovejoy, Caroline

2 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Douglas Miller, Mark Garrett, Lisa Schweitzer, Karen

36 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2016). “A Driving Factor in Moving to

33 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Gregory Pierce, and Michael Smart (2015). “Transportation

27 Mondschein, Andrew, Brian Taylor, and Evelyn Blumenberg (2013) “Going

25 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Alexandra Norton (2010, Fall). “Falling Immigration

18 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2008). “Immigrants and Transport Barriers to

17 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Lily K. Song, and Paul Ong (2007, summer/fall).

12 (refereed) Blumenberg Evelyn (2004). “En-gendering Effective Planning: Spatial

6 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2000). “Moving Welfare Participants to Work: Women,

10 Blumenberg, Evelyn (forthcoming). “Social Equity and Urban Transportation,”

9 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Michael Smart (2011). “Migrating to Driving:

8 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2006). “Metropolitan Dispersion and Diversity:

5 (refereed) Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Renia Ehrenfeucht (2004).

Reprinted in abbreviated form:

2A Blumenberg, Evelyn and Paul Ong (1998). “Labor Squeeze and

2 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2014). “The Car Dependent Society,” Journal of Regional

18 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Brian D. Taylor, Michael Smart, Kelcie Ralph, Madeline

17 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2009). “Moving In and Moving Around: Immigrants, Travel

15 Handy, Susan, Evelyn Blumenberg, Moira Donahue, Kristin Lovejoy, Caroline

14 Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor (2008).

13 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Moira Donahue, Susan Handy, Kristin Lovejoy, Caroline

12 Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor (2005). “Cognitive

11 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2005). “Transportation Barriers to Employment: Southeast

10 Blumenberg, Evelyn, and Kimiko Shiki (2003). “Spatial Mismatch Outside of

7 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Paul M. Ong, and Andrew Mondschein (2002). “Uneven

5 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2002). “En-gendering Effective Planning: Transportation

3 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2002). “Planning for the Transportation Needs of Welfare

5 Blumenberg, Evelyn, Paul Ong, and Andrew Mondschein (forthcoming*). “Uneven

3 Paul Ong and Evelyn Blumenberg (1998). “The Transportation-Welfare Nexus:

4 Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (forthcoming). “A Driving Factor in

3 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2004). “Transportation Costs and Economic Opportunity

2 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2002). “Reverse Commute Transit Programs and Single

1 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2001). “On the Way to Work: Transportation, Women,

2 Leung, Carolyn, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Julia Heintz-Mackoff (2001). The

Other Written Work

2 Blumenberg, Evelyn (1992). “A Review of Explanations for Poverty,” report

26 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn and Gregory Pierce (2015). “Reducing Long-Term

20 (refereed) Blumenberg, Evelyn (2009). “Immigration Internally and from Abroad,”

17 Smart, Michael and Evelyn Blumenberg (2009). “Immigrant Neighborhoods and

16 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2009). “Congestion: Are Immigrants to Blame,” 50th

15 Blumenberg, Evelyn (2008). “Immigrants and Travel Behavior: A Tale of

10 (refereed) Mondschein, Andrew, Evelyn Blumenberg, and Brian D. Taylor (2008).