Madeline Brozen

Biographic Data

ID6505233
NAMEMadeline Brozen
GIVEN NAMESMadeline
FAMILY NAMEBrozen
SIGNATUREBROZEN M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
ORCID0000-0003-4231-8298
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Transportation and Quality-of-Life Effects of Los Angeles’s Mobility Wallet Program

    Open Accesstamika l butler, T D Butler et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Planning…2026

    Problem, research strategy, and findings Transportation agencies have historically focused on public transit as the solution to the mobility barriers facing low-income travelers. Transit is an essential service for those who do not own automobiles, but studies show it often fails to meet the travel needs of the poor. The Los Angeles (CA) Mobility Wallet Pilot Program is a novel approach to addressing this issue. The program provided low-income re…

  • Transportation Challenges of Low-Income Households with Children: A Case Study in South Los Angeles

    Open Accesstamika l butler, T D Butler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Planning Education and…2026References: 4

    Low-income households commonly lack access to quality and affordable transportation options, impeding their access to opportunities. Low-income households with children face additional challenges. We draw on data from thirty-nine in-depth interviews to examine the effect of children on the travel behavior and experience of low-income adults. We find that low-income households with children experience increased financial and temporal burdens relat…

  • Who Lives in Vehicles and Why? Understanding Vehicular Homelessness in Los Angeles

    Open AccessChristopher Giamarino, Evelyn A Blumenberg et al.ARTICLEHousing Policy Debate2024

    Homelessness continues to grow and to affect the lives of an increasingly diverse group of individuals. Many scholars have studied people living in homeless shelters and outdoors in tents. An overlooked population is the growing number of the unhoused living in vehicles. We draw on data from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s Homeless Demographic Survey to understand the characteristics of people living in vehicles and the extent to wh…

  • Planning for and Against Vehicular Homelessness: Spatial Trends and Determinants of Vehicular Dwelling in Los Angeles

    Open AccessChristopher Giamarino, Madeline Brozen et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Planning…2023

    Problem, research strategy, and findings Shelter is a necessity, yet approximately 17 out of every 10,000 people in the United States are unhoused. Public attention to homelessness has centered on individuals sitting and sleeping in public spaces. However, as many as 50% of the unsheltered live in vehicles. For people sleeping in vehicles, finding a safe place to park is an ongoing challenge, further complicated by the growing number of ordinance…

  • Documenting #MeToo in Public Transportation: Sexual Harassment Experiences of University Students in Los Angeles

    Open AccessAnastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Madeline Brozen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Planning Education and…2020Cited by: 2References: 2

    This study presents findings from a survey with 1,284 students at three Los Angeles area universities, exploring their experiences with sexual harassment in transit environments, and how these differ by gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation. It finds that sexual harassment is a common occurrence, forcing precautionary behaviors. Nevertheless, reporting of harassment incidents is extremely low. Regression models find that certain individu…