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S-1 Presidential Executive Order 12898, "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations," directs federal agencies to identify and address the disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority and low-income populations. Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency," requires federal agencies to improve access to federally conducted and assisted programs and activities for persons who, as a result of national origin, are limited in their English proficiency.
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S-2 Practical approaches for Involving Traditionally underserved Populations in Transportation Decisionmaking There are times when agencies and practitioners despair that, despite their best efforts, the public is simply too busy with everyday life -- at work, at home, at school, and at play -- to care about planning or other transportation-related decisions. This may be true in some cases, but practitioners and agencies can look at the results of their efforts and ask themselves again whether they have done what they could to engage a sometimes distracted, but also sometimes distrustful public.
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Summary S-3 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970, the opportunity for public involvement was decisively established throughout the location and design processes. In 1991, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)
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S-4 Practical approaches for Involving Traditionally underserved Populations in Transportation Decisionmaking gap" between themselves and the "traditionally underserved populations," oftentimes peoples and cultures with whom neither the agency nor the practitioner may have real familiarity. Ideally, the effective practitioner will consider social and cultural gaps and how they may be overcome to foster opportunities for meaningful involvement in transportation decisionmaking.
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Summary S-5 of the U.S. population combined, are projected to reach 50 percent by 2050.
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S-6 Practical approaches for Involving Traditionally underserved Populations in Transportation Decisionmaking activities to ensure that the principles of nondiscrimination and access to services for all are advanced and protected. Practical Approaches -- Organization of The Guidebook The Introduction (Chapter 1)
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