Event Details

TRB 89th Annual Meeting (January 10-14, 2010)

Event Number:	493
Event Title:	Critical Assessment of Environmental Justice and Transportation Equity Since Executive Order 12898
Event Date:	Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Event Location:	Hilton, Lincoln East
Presiding Officers:	Karen Lucas - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Sponsored By:	Environmental Justice in Transportation (ADD50)

Event Description:	No description available
	In the wake of Presidents Clinton's Executive Order 12898, efforts by federal, state, and local agencies often require cross-cutting evaluations of transportation issues that are sensitive to the needs of low-income and minority communities. This session examines transportation equity issues in the context of climate change, road pricing, and service delivery.

Presentations:
  Exploring Potential Inequities Between Burdens and Benefits of Climate Change Abatement Policies (10-3426)
     Aaron Golub - Arizona State University
     Jason Kelley - Arizona State University
  Equity Effects of Road Pricing: A Review (10-0283)
     David M. Levinson - University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  Safeguarding Minority Civil Rights and Environmental Justice in Service Delivery and Reductions: Case Study of New York City Transit Authority Title VI Program (10-1155)
     Ted Wang - New York City Transit Authority
     Thomas A Chennadu - New York City Transit Authority
     Alex Lu - MTA Metro-North Railroad
  Varieties of Transportation Justice: U.S. Transportation Equity Policy and the Civil Rights Movement (10-0605)
     Cameron Elliott Gordon - University of Canberra, Australia

Subject Areas:
  Social, Economic, and Cultural Issues
  Transportation Policy
  AICP Certification Maintenance Session