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Justice and Equity in Transportation and Urbanism

Justice and equity manifests in many different ways in transportation and urbanism. This guide presents a number of resources to help you engage with the work necessary to make these systems just.

Readings on Mobility

Readings on Micromobility

Brown, C., Deka, D., Jain, A., Grover, A., & Xie, Q. (2019). Evaluating spatial equity in bike share systems. https://doi.org/10.7282/T3-CS30-AD47 (BIPOC author)

 

Golub, A., Satterfield, V., Serritella, M., Singh, J., & Phillips, S. (2019). Assessing the barriers to equity in smart mobility systems: A case study of Portland, Oregon. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 7(4), 689–697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2019.10.002 

 

Martin, E., Pan, A., & Shaheen, S. (2020). An Evaluation Of Free- Floating Carsharing In Oakland, California. https://doi.org/10.7922/G2N014SJ

 

McNeil, N., Broach, J., & Dill, J. (2018, February). Breaking Barriers to Bike Share: Lessons on Bike Share Equity. ITE Journal, 88(2). https://www.nxtbook.com/ygsreprints/ITE/G89434_ITE_Feb2018/index.php?startid=31#/p/30

 

McNeil, N., Dill, J., MacArthur, J., Broach, J., & Howland, S. (2017). Breaking barriers to bike share: Insights on equity. National Institute for Transportation and Communities. http://betterbikeshare.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/TREC_BreakingBarriersSummaryReport_emQeiBA.pdf

 

McNeil, N., Dill, J., MacArthur, J., Broach, J., Howland, S., & Howland, S. (2017). Breaking Barriers to Bike Share: Insights from Residents of Traditionally Underserved Neighborhoods. Portland State University. https://doi.org/10.15760/trec.176

 

Shaheen, S., Bell, C., Cohen, A., & Yelchuru, B. (2017). Travel Behavior: Shared Mobility and Transportation Equity (PL-18-007). Article PL-18-007. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/otps/shared_use_mobility_equity_final.pdf

 

Shaheen, S., & Cohen, A. (2018). Equity and Shared Mobility. ITS Berkeley Policy Briefs, 2018(06). https://doi.org/10.7922/G2MC8X6K 

 

Stowell, H. G. (2020, February). Making Micromobility Equitable for All. ITE Journal, 90(2), 46–49.

 

Transportation Research and Education Center. (2019). Equity in Bike Share Research. https://trec.pdx.edu/research/bikeshare

 

Wright, S. (2020). Access Denied. American Planning Association, March 2020, 32–39. https://www.planning.org/planning/2020/mar/access-denied/