Evidence for better policy.

• Policy evaluation and impact analysis

  Did a policy or project work, for whom, and at what cost?

• Transport and mobility

  Transit, walking and cycling, parking, complete streets, automated vehicles and accessibility.

• Land, housing and value capture

  How transit, schools and land supply show up in property values and housing markets.

• Climate, environment and urban governance

  Local climate policy, emissions and urban form, air quality and environmental transparency.

Past work for and funded by the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the California Air Resources Board, the Southern California Association of Governments and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.

• Trained in policy analysis

  PhD in public policy from Harvard. Taught policy analysis, quantitative methods and spatial analysis at UCLA and Johns Hopkins.

• Published and cited

  More than 40 peer-reviewed articles, cited in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and covered by The New York Times and Harvard Business Review.

• United States and China

  Research on cities in both countries, from California climate policy to Beijing’s transit and housing markets. Works in English and Mandarin.

• 2015–16

  Impact evaluation of the Tianjin Urban Transport Improvement Project

  Client

  World Bank

• 2012–15

  Effects of complete streets on travel behavior and exposure to vehicle emissions

  Funder

  California Air Resources Board

• 2010–11

  Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions of alternative urban transport systems

  Client

  World Bank

All selected work