via the Federal Transit Administration Changes Include Economic Development and Environmental Benefits In a dramatic change from existing policy, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today proposed that new funding guidelines for major transit projects be based on livability issues such as economic development opportunities and environmental benefits, in addition to cost and time saved, which [...]
Via the Urban Habitat Newsletter: Obama Administration Holds Up Oakland Airport Connector Stimulus Funds over Civil Rights Complaint! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.. [...]
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.
By DIONNE WALKER Associated Press Writer Posted: Oct. 27 5:28 p.m. Updated: Oct. 27 9:30 p.m. ATLANTA — Environmental and racial justice activists from six states met with federal Environmental Protection Agency officials Tuesday to demand a revamp of the agency they accuse of overlooking years of chronic environmental missteps in minority communities across the [...]
Environment, Justice, and Health in the Planning Process: Strategies for Maryland Morgan State University Saturday, October 3rd, 10am – 3:15pm Please join the Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities. along with other officials and community and business leaders, for a detailed look at the connections between and use, public health, and the environment. [...]
Understanding and Abiding by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Video courtesy of The Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.
Featured Website: Baltimorphosis.com Baltimorphosis.com is a cool site analyzing various plans and options for the redevelopment of the 16 block Franklin-Mulberry expressway in Baltimore. From Baltimorphosis.com : Once upon a time, In a proud American city, there was a neighborhood with a traffic problem. Doorsteps were barely an arms length from the traffic flooding downtown. [...]
Via the Maryland Daily Record: JOE NATHANSON Special to The Daily Record June 9, 2009 What would West Baltimore’s infamous “highway to nowhere” have in common with an MTA bus depot located in East Baltimore? The Route 40/Franklin-Mulberry corridor highway tore through established neighborhoods in the 1970s. The planned connection to Interstate 70 was never [...]
