Transportation, environmental justice, and social equity conference proceedings

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Environmental justice
  • Transportation planning
  • Land use
  • Economic development
  • Low income groups
  • Minorities
  • Urban transit
  • environmental injustice
  • equity in transportation
  • social inequity
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA-DC-26-6025-95-1
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Description:
  The purpose of the conference was to bring forth issues and begin a dialogue between those affected and those responsible for meeting transportation challenges. The conference was sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) and hosted by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). The wealth of the conference was provided by the rich group of attendees. The specific topics chosen for the conference were: Justice in decision making; The citing of transportation facilities; Transportation and the provision of government services; Equity in transportation investments; and, Transportation, land-use, economic development, the environment, and social equity. A background paper on each topic was prepared by authors from around the country to explain the issues and give all of the participants clear examples of both the problems and potential solutions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13767/dot_13767_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.25 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1f05b3c24a3654aaf0374a586e20d4d4a3eaddafb75ae66039c48d909af84ee0