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Transportation Research Board Executive Committee July 2021 RACIAL EQUITY ADDENDUM TO CRITICAL ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION
ii PREFACE The start of the decade of the 2020s has been marked by widespread suffering, disruption, and social unrest from the COVID-19 pandemic and the countryâs overdue reckoning with past and ongoing racial inequities. While transcending transportation, both crises have prompted reflection about how transportation, a critical aspect of society and economy, can be a more positive force in preventing and ameliorating future public health crises and in removing and righting persistent racial inequalities and injustices. In this addendum to Critical Issues in Transportation 2019, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) probes transportationâs role in contributing to and redressing racial discrimination and identifies areas of research to inform equity-enhancing public policies. The insights offered and questions posed draw on the work and ideas of many researchers and practitioners. A number of individuals who were consulted during the development of this addendum are acknowledged below. An earlier addendum to Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 was issued in January 2021 and addressed the short-term and potential long-term effects of the pandemic on transportation. Like that addendum, this one was developed under the auspices of the TRB Executive Committee and its Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review, which approved the content on behalf of the Executive Committee. The addendum was peer reviewed according to the policies and procedures of the National Academies. Dr. Susan Shaheen, Chair, TRB Executive Committee, University of California, Berkeley Dr. Katherine Turnbull, Chair, Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review, TRB Executive Committee, Texas A&M University
iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many of the ideas developed in this addendum derive from consultations with researchers and practitioners during a brainstorming session hosted by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in late 2020. The TRB Executive Committee wishes to thank the following nine researchers and practitioners for participating in this session: ⢠Evelyn Blumenberg, University of California, Los Angeles ⢠Jennifer Dill, Portland State University ⢠Nuria Fernandez, Valley Transportation Authority ⢠Gloria Jeff, Minnesota Department of Transportation ⢠Ashby Johnson, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization ⢠Carol Abel Lewis, Texas Southern University ⢠Jack Marchbanks, Ohio Department of Transportation ⢠Susan Shaheen, University of California, Berkeley ⢠Vincent Valdes, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission The National Academies thanks the following individuals for their review of this publication: ⢠Celeste Chavis, Morgan State University ⢠Jennifer Dill, Portland State University ⢠David King, Arizona State University ⢠Alfonso Rodriguez Lainz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ⢠Carol Abel Lewis, Texas Southern University ⢠Deb Niemeier, University of Maryland, College Park Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions and recommendations, nor did they see the final version of the publication before its release. The review of the publication was overseen by Robert F. Sproull (National Academy of Engineering), University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Sue McNeil, University of Delaware, Newark. They were responsible for making certain that an independent review of the publication was conducted in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of the publication rests solely with the TRB Executive Committee and the institution. Katherine Kortum assisted the TRB Executive Committee in the drafting of this addendum and Karen Febey managed the peer-review process.
