Evelyn Blumenberg

Evelyn Blumenberg is a Professor of Urban Planning and Director of the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), within the Luskin School of Public Affairs. Her work focuses on urban structure's impact on economic outcomes for marginalized groups, particularly low-wage workers and the poor. She investigates transportation access, poverty, gender disparities, and labor market dynamics.

Blumenberg holds a PhD in Urban Planning from UCLA and a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley. Her research explores topics like automobile debt disparities, immigrant transit use, vehicular homelessness, and childcare accessibility. She has been recognized with the 2014 White House Champion of Change award for linking transportation equity to poverty reduction.

• Key Research Themes: Urban mobility justice, spatial inequality, policy analysis
• Teaching: Courses on planning history, poverty and inequality, transportation policy

Her recent studies reveal racial disparities in automobile debt burdens and analyze how state policies affect unauthorized immigrants' mobility. She also examines how job-housing imbalances exacerbate commutes for young workers in high-cost regions like Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Blumenberg collaborates on projects addressing vehicular homelessness in LA and evaluates subsidized carshare programs for low-income households. Her work emphasizes actionable policy solutions to improve equitable access to opportunities.