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52 After assessing the impacts of plans, programs, and projects on traditionally underserved persons, determine whether the levels of impacts are disparate and/or whether any impacts are disproportionately experienced among differing population groups. It is important to remember that the assessment should consider not only proposed future investments but also the present needs and concerns of underserved populations.
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Step 4: Determine Whether Impacts Are Disparate or Have DHAE 53 and qualitative methods. Quantitative methods serve as preliminary screening tools for potentially disparate impacts.
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54 Equity Analysis in Regional Transportation Planning Processes investments in non-minority areas. By comparison, per capita spending for LEP communities and low-income communities is higher than for their counterpart populations.
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Step 4: Determine Whether Impacts Are Disparate or Have DHAE 55 Establish Benchmarks to Flag Differences Establish benchmarks for percentage differences in indicator values between population groups to flag potentially disparate impacts for further investigation. Justify benchmark values with relevant contextual and historical information for each indicator.
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56 Equity Analysis in Regional Transportation Planning Processes Researchers Need to Know, which provides guidance and instructions for manually calculating statistical significance, including adapting an indicator's margin of error according to significance level and geography (U.S. Census Bureau 2009)
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Step 4: Determine Whether Impacts Are Disparate or Have DHAE 57 in the study area and the reference area)
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58 Equity Analysis in Regional Transportation Planning Processes Example in Practice: LQs The State Planning Council in Rhode Island defined the study area as 250 feet around limited access roadways, based on academic research, and then determined the demographic makeup of the study area compared to the statewide demographics (see highway buffer map)
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Step 4: Determine Whether Impacts Are Disparate or Have DHAE 59 Validate Findings with Qualitative Methods and Stakeholder Engagement Qualitative methods inform analysis of disparate impacts with the values, attitudes, knowledge, and preferences of underserved persons. Qualitative methods should be used to determine which impacts are considered as benefits or burdens, and how significantly they are felt within the community.
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60 Equity Analysis in Regional Transportation Planning Processes (compared to the change in commute times for non-minorities) will make an already disproportionate indicator even worse.
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Step 4: Determine Whether Impacts Are Disparate or Have DHAE 61 problems or barriers related to the skills or education that may be required for those jobs) , the expected outcomes clearly do not align with the experiences of underserved persons.
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62 Equity Analysis in Regional Transportation Planning Processes It is important to work with public engagement staff and consultants to integrate discussions of both the potential causes of disparity and mitigation options throughout the planning and decision-making process. These insights inform quantitative screening, qualitative validation, and diagnosis.
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