Los Gatos Policy Research is a student-led effort to combine public service experience and Town policy knowledge with data science techniques to find empirical solutions to the problems facing Los Gatos. Our first project involves combatting the Los Gatos transit death spiral through unlocking latent student demand for VTA bus routes, and is currently available for review!
Each project is a self-contained piece of research with its own data, dashboards, and recommendations.
Why some Los Gatos bus stops sit empty while whole neighborhoods have no service at all — and what a redesigned network would cost, save, and earn back. Built on Census, GTFS, and federal cost-benefit guidance.
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Los Gatos Policy Research is new. The transit work is the first project out the door; others will follow as data and volunteers come together. Have something you want studied? Get in touch.
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Los Gatos Policy Research is led by local high school students and aims to publish quantitative, bipartisan policy research.
Every project here uses public data sources (Census, GTFS, SWITRS, NTD, EPA), published methodologies (FTA cost-benefit guidelines, USDOT BCA Guidance, OMB Circular A-94), and code that anyone can inspect. If you find a mistake, tell us and we’ll fix it in the open.
Want to help, propose a topic, or provide input on our projects? elijah.asheghian@icloud.com.