Dr. Elizabeth Deakin

Biography

Elizabeth Deakin is Professor Emerita in City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, and an affiliated faculty member of the Energy Resources Group and the Master of Urban Design group. She previously served as the Director of the University of California Transportation Research Center from 1998 to 2008 and co-director of the UC Berkeley Global Metropolitan Studies Initiative from 2005 to 2008. Her research concentrates on the intersections of transportation and land use policy, with a special emphasis on environmental impacts. Over her career, she has published more than 200 articles, book chapters, and reports that cover topics such as environmental justice, transportation pricing, and development exactions. She is currently conducting studies on urban development and transportation in China, Latin America, India, and California. Deakin has testified before various committees in Congress and the California Legislature and has chaired a Congressionally-mandated National Academy of Sciences advisory board that led to the enactment of a federal transportation-environmental research program. Appointed to multiple government posts, she has provided guidance to mayors, city council members, and transit board members, and has been a member of several committees and panels for the Transportation Research Board. Additionally, she is an editor for the journal Transportation Policy and serves on the editorial board of four journals. She is also a Fellow of the Urban Land Institute.

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