The EJRC will work in collaboration with local, regional, and national organizations to explore transportation issues in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. The project will expand the transportation and urban sprawl work currently underway at the EJRC. It will use an interdisciplinary approach to examine transportation issues and : (1) Demographic Trends, (2)Governance, (3) Public Policy and Planning, (4) Minority Opportunities, and (5) Social, Economic, and Physical Mobility.

Background Material:

Atlanta Transportation Equity Project Summary

Executive Order 12898

Environmental Justice and Transportation: Building Model Partnerships Community Workshops Proceedings (1999)

Environmental Justice and Transportation: Building Model Partnerships Conference Proceedings (1996)

New Sprawl City Book

Transportation Equity: A Newsletter
of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University

 

Features:

Atlanta Coalition Back from Los Angeles Transportation Racism Fact-Finding Tour

Atlanta's $36 Billion Regional Transportation Plan Falls Short of Mark

The Bus Riders Union (BRU) has just won a major victory for 370 clean-fuel buses

MARTA Equity Issues

 

Fact Sheets:

• Fact Sheet on Transportation Equity: A Look at MARTA

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