designing healthy and equitable communities...neighborhood at the heart of anti-gentrification...
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Designing Healthy and Equitable Communities
Joshua Tree
Bob AllenDirector of Policy & Advocacy Campaigns
Transportation Justice and Equitable Communities
Goals• Provide an overview of the
transportation justice framework
• Apply that framework to the intersection of transportation (planning, funding and decision-making) and public health
• Highlight TJ campaigns
Just Transportation SystemHas Two Elements:• All communities equally benefit, and no
single community is disproportionately burdened by it.
• Increases access to opportunity particularly for those communities that have historically been denied such opportunity.
Components of Transportation JusticeAvailabilityReliability
AffordabilityHealth & Safety
Language & Physical AccessEqual Amenities
Environmental ImpactsSupport the Just Transition Framework
Jobs and Economic Development
1990s…..“Smart Growth and New Urbanism”
Or Same Old Urban Renewal?
The Gentrification (of Mass Transit)
Source: “Privatized busing comes to San Francisco”http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/4/privatized-busing-comes-to-san-francisco.html
Cars as the solution to the problem of too many…cars?
“LA Metro ridership down 14% between 2009 - 2017”
The geometry of equity (and health)
The geometry of equity (and health)
Current Advocacy & Organizing Models
• Grassroots Organizing • Policy Advocacy• Legal Tools
MUNI Bus Only (Red) Lanes Project
• MUNI Ridership: 80% Low-Income and People of Color• Mission St. 2nd highest ridership corridor (67,000 daily
riders) • MUNI’s highest collision corridor, with an average of
three Muni-related collisions a week• Neighborhood at the heart of anti-gentrification fight
MUNI Bus Only (Red) Lanes Project
Project Goals:
• Improve safety on Mission Street• Improve reliability and travel time
of Mission Street bus routes for the 67,000 daily riders
• Improve access via Muni for local residents to get to work, school, appointments, or shopping
• Balance the needs of all people using Mission Street
You get the system you fund..
San Mateo County Transportation Measure W
$80 million annually (a total of $2.4 billion over 30 years) to: • improve transportation county-
wide • significant increase in
investment to meet the needs of underserved communities, reduce transportation barriers, and increase access to transit
San Mateo County Transportation Measure W
• 50% ($1.2 billion) for local and countywide public transit including maintaining enhancing bus, paratransit, rail and other discount pass programs for youth, seniors, people with disabilities and low-wage workers
• 10% ($240 million) for regional transit improvements such as an express bus network
• 5% ($120 million) for bicycle and pedestrian access and safety
• 12.5% ($300 million) for local road improvements and pothole repairs
• 22.5% ($540 million) for highway and interchange improvements
Thank you
Transformative Climate Communities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywjy4xgmqxo