Consistent with federal anti-discrimination and environmental justice law and guidance,
public transportation agencies must evaluate the extent to which their decisions benefit and …

Transit should serve all users, regardless of age, race, ability, or any other identity. Policies
and planning must be conscious of inequities when defining and measuring equity in public …

The distribution of transportation benefits is mediated through planning professionals and
elected officials, who frame the goals of these investments and can prioritize the importance …

To provide California with recommendations for how to advance transportation equity, this
study examines how state DOTs and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) are …

In the study of equity in public transit service distribution to disadvantaged groups, there is
often a desire for a concise and relatable quantitative measure of equity. This ambition has …

In partnership with the Federal Transit Administration, researchers at the University of Texas
at Austin, Arizona State University, and Dunbar Transportation Consulting, LLC, identified a …

Federal civil rights and environmental justice (EJ) mandates require transit agencies to
provide service without racial or income discrimination and to ensure meaningful access by …

Transportation policies, plans, and projects all flow through state institutions because of the
substantial cost of infrastructure and the need to assess transportation system performance …

For most of the 20th century transportation planning goals were almost entirely mobility-
based; transportation systems were primarily seen as a means to efficiently, safely, and …

The topic of environmental justice was identified as one of 11 priority areas for research by
the Research and Technology Committee of the American Public Transportation Association …