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Charles Lave

Charles Lave [1938-2008] passed away on May 2nd, 2008. This record is kept in place in memoriam. Please see his obituary for more information about his life.Prior to his passing in 2008, Professor Lave was a transportation economist at University of California, Irvine, best known for his influential work on the effects of the 55 m.p.h. speed limit, the economics of public transportation, and transportation safety, topics on which he published more than 100 papers over his 42–year career at UCI. He also wrote about transportation in Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Atlantic Monthly, and appeared on the television program 60 Minutes. He served on 12 National Research Council Transportation Research Board committees, and chaired the State of California Blue Ribbon Commission on the safety effects of emission standards. Charlie was cofounder of the UC Transportation Center, and the editor of its journal, Access; he was a member of the editorial board of three other transportation journals. He served on the board of directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research (1991-97).