Our Experts

Journal Articles

1. Jeongwoo Lee, Marlon Boarnet, Douglas Houston, Hilary Nixon and Steven Spears (2017) “Changes in service and associated ridership impacts near a new light rail transit line”, Sustainability, 9(10), p. 1827. Available at: 10.3390/su9101827. [ITS-Irvine record]
2. Steven Spears, Marlon G Boarnet and Douglas Houston (2016) “Driving reduction after the introduction of light rail transit: Evidence from an experimental-control group evaluation of the Los Angeles Expo Line”, Urban Studies, 54(12), pp. 2780–2799. Available at: 10.1177/0042098016657261. [ITS-Irvine record]
3. Douglas Houston, Marlon G Boarnet, Gavin Ferguson and Steven Spears (2014) “Can compact rail transit corridors transform the automobile city? Planning for more sustainable travel in Los Angeles”, Urban Studies, 52(5), pp. 938–959. Available at: 10.1177/0042098014529344. [ITS-Irvine record]
4. Steven Spears, Douglas Houston and Marlon G. Boarnet (2013) “Illuminating the unseen in transit use: A framework for examining the effect of attitudes and perceptions on travel behavior”, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 58, pp. 40–53. Available at: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.10.011. [ITS-Irvine record]

Conference Papers

1. Douglas Houston, Marlon Boarnet, Gaby Abdel-Salam, Andy Hong, Dongwoo Yang, Wei Li and Steven Spears (2013) “Walking to transit: Transit proximity and physical activity in a low-income community”, in Proceedings of the active living research conference, san diego. [ITS-Irvine record]
2. S. Spears, D. Houston and M. Boarnet (2012) “Illuminating the unseen in neighborhood travel: A framework for examining the influence of attitudes, norms, and perceptions on travel behavior”, in Proceedings of the annual meeting of the association of collegiate schools of planning (ACSP), cincinnati, OH. [ITS-Irvine record]
3. D. Houston, M. Boarnet, W. Li, S. Spears and D. Yang (2012) “Transit ridership, bus ridership, and physical activity in a low income community”, in Proceedings of the annual meeting of the association of collegiate schools of planning (ACSP), cincinnati, OH. [ITS-Irvine record]
4. M.G. Boarnet, D. Houston, G. Ferguson and S. Spears (2010) “Land use and vehicle miles of travel in the climate change debate: Getting smarter than your average bear”, in Proceedings of the land policy conference of the lincoln institute of land policy, cambridge, massachusetts. [ITS-Irvine record]

Theses and Dissertations

1. Steven Paul Spears (2013) The Perception-Intention-Adaptation (PIA) Model: A theoretical framework for examining the effect of behavioral intention and neighborhood perception on travel behavior. Ph.D.. University of California, Irvine. Available at: https://uci.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CDL_IRV_INST/1gpb62p/alma991034268399704701 (Accessed: October 13, 2023). [ITS-Irvine record]

Technical Reports

1. Hilary Nixon, Marlon Boarnet, Doug Houston, Steven Spears and Jeongwoo Lee (2015) Changes in transit use and service and associated changes in driving near a new light rail transit line, p. 63p. [ITS-Irvine record]
2. Marlon G. Boarnet, Andy Hong, Jeongwoo Lee, Xize Wang, Weijie Wang, Doug Houston and Steven Spears (2013) The exposition light rail line study: A before and after study of the impact of new light rail transit service, p. vii, 64p. [ITS-Irvine record]