Foresight Session 03 - Enhancing transportation equity globally: Outlook, challenges, and future issues
Tuesday, October 3
09:30
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13:00
Chair: Gloria J. JEFF, Chair TRB Committee on Transportation Equity
Room: Conference Hall, 4th floor
The concept of equity per the World Health Organization is “the absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically or geographically.”
In the context of the work done or impacted by transportation investments, policies, programs, and services this can generate lengthy, multi-layered, and intersectional conversation about how to develop solutions, who are the owners, stakeholders, and partners, when is the most effective time to include the various roles in the process of determining what, when, where, and how much to spend. Throughout the global transportation sector there are initiatives to address the various attributes of equity.
This Foresight Session brought together representatives who in the first part discussed the “why” of addressing equity in transport. This part presented the historical role of equity in transportation, the current state of policies, research, and activities. It also provided case studies that establish the framework for global framing of equity in transport. Lastly it included identification of the challenges to address the cultural, social, economic, demographic, and geographic attributes of equity and identify areas for application of current research.
The second part focused on the typology of transport equity, future research focusing on development of metrics, data collection (quantitative and qualitative data) and responses to the “why” of addressing equity in transportation. It ended with a Call to Action.
The panelists presented the work underway in the United States, Europe, Africa, and the Asian Pacific regions.
- Part 1 – Equity – The evolution of decision–making and impact assessment for transport systems
- Presentations
- Panel roundtable
- Conclusion
- Part 2 – Equity and Transportation in the Future - The future is an undiscovered country
- Presentations
- Audience participation
- Call for action
- Conclusion
- Final Conclusions
- Organisation
Part 1 – Equity – The evolution of decision–making and impact assessment for transport systems
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The purpose and importance of addressing Equity and Transportation
Presentations
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Transportation and Equity: A historical overview
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Definition of Equity in Transportation and its supporting principals from Conference for Advancing Transportation Equity
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Current Equity Activities
Panel roundtable
Conclusion
• Gloria J. JEFF, Chair TRB Committee on Transportation Equity
Break
Part 2 – Equity and Transportation in the Future - The future is an undiscovered country
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Highlights of Part 1
Presentations
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How transportation decision – making processes should consider addressing benefits and burdens to people and business impacted by transportation investments, facilities, or services
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Research applications – Case studies
Audience participation
Questions, suggestions, knowledge and sharing of current ideas and practices
• Anna WILDT-PERSSON, Trafikverket Sweden (PIARC TC 1.1)
Call for action
(include specific actions and possible timeline)
• Victoria SHEEHAN, TRB
• Anna WILDT-PERSSON, Trafikverket Sweden (PIARC TC 1.1)
Conclusion
• Gloria J. JEFF, Chair TRB Committee on Transportation Equity
Final Conclusions
Organisation
Session Organisers:
• Gloria J. JEFF, Chair TRB Committee on Equity and Transportation and AASHTO Equity Task Force
• Caroline ALMERAS, Secretary General ECTRI and Co-Chair, TRB International Coordinating Council
• Christos XENOPHONTOS, Co-Chair, TRB International Coordinating Council, Chair, AASHTO Committee on Performance Based Management, and Chair, PIARC TC 1.1, Performance of Transport Administrations
Session Secretary: Gloria J. JEFF