Via the Urban Habitat Newsletter:
Obama Administration Holds Up Oakland Airport Connector Stimulus Funds over Civil Rights Complaint!
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We need your help to cement this victory. Please join us at:
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) meeting on Wednesday, January 27th at 10am. 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA
Federal Transit Administration says BART plan “insufficient.. on many fronts”
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The Baltimore Accessibility Maps Web Site lets you create a series of accessibility maps for Baltimore Transportation Analysis Zones. You can compare access to services (Retail, Office or Industry) for all TAZs or for a specific neighborhoods (e.g. West Baltimore). You can compare access to services by private car vs. public transport.
Read more here. [...]
As part of a groundbreaking environmental justice program funded by Caltrans, California’s transportation authority, two Bay Area transportation organizations will receive an environmental justice planning grant. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the Northern California chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) will be implementing the grant, which is designed to increase community [...]
Just Us: Dying on Bartlett.
This video exploring Environmental Justice issues in the Baltimore area is the newest addition to the EJKit video library.