Articles in ACCESS are intended to catapult academic research into debates about public policy, and convert knowledge into action.
[citation needed] ACCESS was founded in 1992[1] by Melvin M. Webber, Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, and has grown to become one of the most widely read publications of transportation research.
[1] ACCESS is regularly referenced, reprinted, and translated in publications, including: The following Top 25 Planetizen ranked Urban Planning programs use ACCESS articles in their curricula: The Editor is Donald Shoup, Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA.
[48] The CTF cited ACCESS as the “face of the University of California Transportation Center” and commended the Magazine for publishing “incisive commentary on transportation issues of the day.”[49] In 2014, ACCESS Magazine received the American Planning Association's (APA) 2014 National Planning Excellence Awards: Communications Initiative[50] as well as APA California's 2014 Communications Initiative Award.
[51] Also in 2014, ACCESS Magazine was awarded the Certificate of Excellence from the Western Publishing Association, Finalist: “Initial Trade Print Categories: Semi-Annuals, Three-Time, and Quarterly.”