http://tags.library.upenn.edu/jn/transportation_equity+environmental_justice PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/13061 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/13061 Transportation Equity Project's Mission<p>The Transportation Equity Project of the Center for Community Change seeks to advance equity in transportation planning and policy. Transportation equity is the fair distribution of public resources across all communities, paying particular attention to the environmental and community development needs of low-income and minority communities. Today, transportation infrastructure too often neglects the economic and job access needs of low-income and minority people, while piling the brunt of environmental harms on these same families.</p><p>The Transportation Equity Project provides technical and organizational assistance to community organizing projects and brings community organizations working for transportation equity together to help strengthen their hand in regional, state and national transportation policy debates.</p><br /> http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/12785 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/12785 Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, 174-184 (2006)<br />DOI: 10.1177/0739456X06288093<br />&copy; 2006 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning<br />Unraveling Equity in HOT Lane Planning<br />A View from Practice<br />Asha Weinstein<p>urban and regional planning, San Jos&eacute; State University</p><p>Gian-Claudia Sciara</p><p>University of California, Berkeley</p><p>This article investigates how concern about equity has arisen in the planning and implementation of high-occupancy/toll lane projects, or so-called &quot;HOT lanes.&quot; Specifically, the research assesses (1) where and how equity issues have surfaced in the debate over HOT lanes and (2) how practicing planners have responded to these equity concerns. By looking explicitly at the planning process through a series of case studies and a review of newspaper coverage, the research suggests strategies for how practitioners can craft a comprehensive and meaningful framework for assessing and addressing equity issues.</p><p>Key Words: transportation planning &bull; transportation finance &bull; HOT lanes &bull; congestion pricing &bull; equity</p><br />