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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Aug 19

Only if it's a friendly reminder of free lunch with no meeting attached

Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Aug 8

I ride a bike and bring a chair (although it's more like picnics/parks and the like), and I've long used this one from REI www.rei.com/product/2428...

www.rei.com

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Big shout out to my fellow transit riders who kindly asked the bus to wait for the light to change so I could safely get to the bus and not sprint against the light! Saved me from waiting 15 more minutes to leave work

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Aug 6

In theory, yes, but in actual practice, neither segments have the bus frequencies to support bus lanes that wouldn't just be used as peak hour through lanes

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Aug 6

"During debate over what would become the 15th Amendment, that the right to vote was “the most necessary and the most sacred of all rights, because it underlies all, and without which we are secure in the enjoyment of none.” @jamellebouie.net

Full article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 19

My very millennial take is that I'd appreciate it if restaurants just had a phone number you could call and talk to a human anymore! it's sometimes impossibly hard to ask basic questions

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 15

Its understandable that transit can be slower than driving, but it was totally bonkers when my @metrolosangeles.bsky.social operator slowed the bus effectively going 9 mph even though there was light traffic because he was “running hot” the entire route. Why rob riders of their time in this way?

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Kate Lowe (she/hers) @kateontransport.bsky.social · Jul 11

Always thrilled to see bus improvements & bus riders get attention! (More trips on bus than L here in Chi) Great new @chicagocta.bsky.social high frequency bus network but more infrastructure changes needed for speedier service. And if legislators don't act to fund transit, such devastating impacts.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 11

The 14th Street Busway has been a smashing success: faster commutes, fewer crashes, calmer streets.

So why is Eric Adams blocking a similar plan for 34th Street?

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 11

Wishing you a lovely evening! Not going to make it tonight but the August event is on the calendar!

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 10

Also! Kids were spending more time at school which meant they were more likely get their free breakfast www.courthousenews.com/nycs-congest...

NYC’s congestion toll has students spending more time at school

A prominent New York City school bus service defended the congestion pricing program against attacks from Trump's Department of Transportation that it amounts to

www.courthousenews.com

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 9

Mine is the one who writes the deliverables list in a grant proposal - she thinks she's delivering BIG TIME

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 9

Seeking shade waiting for the bus at the start of this heat wave

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 8

If you are looking for a bakery recommendation - Diane's place on the other side of the river and up a little bit is not to be missed

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 8

Fun! The central library downtown also rules

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 8

I went one night after work and this group of three teens was lifting with bad form and just being reckless on the machines and it was so distracting I nearly caught their bad form like the flu

Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jul 7

Kudos to LA Metro for implementing this improvement that enhances the way free transit fares are provided to individuals in the LIFE program

Before, recipients had to go into the app and manually load their 20 free rides every month. Now, it's done automatically! thesource.metro.net/we-have-a-li...

We have a LIFE update! | The Source

Attention, LIFE participants! We’ve made some UX enhancements to our LIFE program, a fare discount program designed to help qualifying riders save on

thesource.metro.net

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jun 26

Switching back from podcast host to podcast guest and sharing a great conversation about our mobility wallet work in LA and what we've learned so far

The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · Jun 26

New! #TalkingHeadways podcast this week features
@mbrozen.bsky.social of the @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social discussing LA's Mobility Wallet Pilot and its impact on people's health and quality of life.
link.theoverheadwire.com/48ykn
@usa.streetsblog.org

Talking Headways Podcast: Why We Need 'Universal Basic Mobility' — Streetsblog USA

In a very special podcast, we’re joined by the great Madeline Brozen of UCLA to talk about how guaranteed transit lowers people's stress.

link.theoverheadwire.com

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jun 26

No I don’t think there is but it’s probably because I can’t imagine that an app would be enough of a contributor because ridership is so tied to service and density, first and foremost and area demographics after that.

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jun 25

We were missing @drtaragoddard.com who joined via zoom (and Sarah Dennis who left before the picture)

You can learn more about this work at the link below www.lewis.ucla.edu/project/los-...

Los Angeles Wildfire Response - UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

Few wildfires had previously impacted large urban areas as the 2025 Los Angeles fires. The scale, destruction, and effects on human lives in the Palisades and Eaton fires, in particular, highlighted t...

www.lewis.ucla.edu

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our multi-campus research team shared preliminary results from our work about the evacuation experiences of transit riders with LA county transportation and emergency management professionals yesterday! Can’t wait to release these findings publicly later this summer

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jun 23

where are these trees you speak of in LA?

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jun 23

Also killed many federal university transportation centers and took research and fellowship money away from students and researchers alike

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jun 19

Final episode in our Road Scholars mini-series on ride-hailing use among people with disabilities now available!

We covered a lot of ground in these four parts from how housing cost increases affect transit, how parking affects car ownership, equity and micromobility and this! Take a listen today!

UCLA Lewis Center @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social · Jun 18

Ride-hailing apps have become increasingly ubiquitous, but research from Abigail Cochran suggests there is an unmet demand for these services among people with disabilities.

Listen to her full conversation on our last episode of #RoadScholars! www.lewis.ucla.edu/2025/06/18/9...

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Madeline Brozen @mbrozen.bsky.social · Jun 18

Nope - not my area of expertise but will pass along to colleagues!

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Greg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thoroughly unsurprised. Thoroughly unprepared.

Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · Jun 18

"Supporters have told of having to dispose of full water bottles before entering the ground, of people in distress inside the venue and of lines that lasted 45 minutes to get access to water that was for sale."

As a reminder, in 2028 the Olympics soccer finals will be held here in late July

Club World Cup fans tell of ‘dangerous’ Rose Bowl conditions amid heat and lack of water

Supporters who attended PSG’s noon kick-off against Atlético Madrid have talked of a struggle to access water and feeling unsafe

www.theguardian.com

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