Civil Rights Implications of the Allocation of Funds between Bus and Rail

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/23079

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Civil Rights Implications of the Allocation of Funds between Bus and Rail

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Legal Research Digest 27: Civil Rights Implications of the Allocation of Funds between Bus and Rail examines complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the Federal Transit Administration. The report also explores the number of Title VI challenges, the nature of transit agencies' responses to these challenges, U.S. Supreme Court decisions associated with Section 602 disparateimpact violations, intentional discrimination claims, immunity, and more.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2008. Civil Rights Implications of the Allocation of Funds between Bus and Rail. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23079.

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35 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/23079

Chapters		skim
COVER	1-2
I. INTRODUCTION	3-3
II. TITLE VI CHALLENGES BASED ON DISPARATE IMPACT OF ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BETWEEN BUS AND RAIL	4-8
III. OUTCOME OF TITLE VI COMPLAINTS OF DISPARATE IMPACT CAUSED BY TRANSIT AGENCIES DECISIONS	9-10
IV. TRANSIT AGENCIES STRATEGY AND DEFENSES TO TITLE VI DISPARATE-IMPACT CHALLENGES	11-12
V. STATUTORY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF TITLE VI COMPLAINTS	13-15
VI. NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION UNDER DISPARATE-IMPACT REGULATIONS	16-19
VII. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES FOR TITLE VI COMPLAINTS FOR DISPARATE IMPACT	20-20
VIII. CLAIMS AGAINST GOVERNMENT TRANSIT AGENCIES FOR DISPARATE IMPACT UNDER 42 U.S.C. 1983	21-22
IX. WHETHER STATE OR MUNICIPAL TRANSIT AGENCIES HAVE IMMUNITY FROM CLAIMS UNDER 1983	23-28
X. CONCLUSION	29-30
APPENDIX A	31-32
APPENDIX B	33-34
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	35-35
BACK COVER	36-36

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