Racial Equity, Black America, and Public Transportation, Volume 1: A Review of Economic, Health, and Social Impacts (2022) / Chapter Skim
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28 Racial Equity, Black America, and Public Transportation Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Role of Transportation Governance in Policy Making and Transportation Investments Most of the causal explanations for racist outcomes in transportation planning include governance as a location for accountability and as a first step for implementing solutions. A wide range of actors play a critical role in directing funding opportunities and shaping transportation policy that impacts Black communities.
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Conclusions and Preliminary Recommendations 29 funded. They involve asking voters to approve the creation of a revenue stream using either sales, property, or other tax increases tied to funding specific projects (Goldman and Wachs 2003; Goldman 2007)
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30 Racial Equity, Black America, and Public Transportation funding transit garnering 50.14% of the vote, a margin of approximately 1,000 votes (Pendered 2020)
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Conclusions and Preliminary Recommendations 31 The perspective of a racialized practitioner familiar with the transportation sector: A practitioner who has been involved in projects that highlight the ongoing challenges that Black people face in the transportation system named concerns regarding exposure to air pollution as a primary opportunity for reparative planning. The practitioner went on to offer a cautionary reminder: a single-issue approach will only result in a partial understanding of transportation inequities.
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32 Racial Equity, Black America, and Public Transportation The perspective of an advocate for reparations and reparative processes: This interviewee was a self-identified "reparations activist," with a specific interest in the Black American experience within transportation in the United States. Most of their remarks coalesced around harm as a primary theme in their understanding of the subject matter.
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Conclusions and Preliminary Recommendations 33 • The Black transgender experiences • Rural and suburban manifestations of the legacy of slavery and racism in the United States • Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands contexts • "Trust" as a prerequisite to implementation • The cultural utility of transportation facilities and systems for Black people • The potential of transportation as a means to generational wealth for Black people • Emergent strategies for public safety and transportation • A more nuanced analysis of the experiences Black people have as pedestrians • Spatial mismatch beyond job siting • Examples of predominantly Black communities thriving as a result of concentrated affinity The following focus areas were illuminated through this literature review and the preliminary interviews and will be expounded upon in Volume 2. The partial list is as follows: • Governance and how transportation investment decisions are made • The specific impacts of slavery and their current, quantitative impacts on transportation • A comprehensive overview of disinvestment from Black neighborhoods for the purpose of naming recommended reparative investment priorities • The specific correlations between transportation projects and housing instability • The perception of Black communities as being less desirable to transportation planners • Reparative approaches to public health impacts stemming from transportation practices • Examples of existing responses to environmental racism
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34 Aaronson, D., J Faber, D
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