Klein, Daniel B.; Moore, Adrian T.; Reja, Binyam; Delucchi, Mark A.; Lave, Charles; Southworth, Michael; Wachs, Martin; Kamel, Nabil; Sarmiento, Sharon; Editor(s): Yamamoto, Luci; Nisbet, Briggs
I arrived here at the UC Transportation Center just nine months ago. A former lawyer and aspiring writer, I had only a layman's knowledge of transportation systems, mostly based on my personal experiences. Growing up in Hilo, Hawaii, I thought traffic jams meant having to circle the parking lot twice to find a space. No one worried about ozone or took cars in for smog checks. Every desirable destination - shopping malls, movie theaters, beaches, even downtown - was within a few minutes' drive.