[sustran] New book on transportation equity

[Paul Barter]

[This came from the alt-transp list.   Although the book is about North
America I think it will still be relevant and interesting to
sustran-discuss (which focuses mainly on transport issues relevant to
developing and newly industrialised countries).  Perhaps an awareness of
the inequitable consequences of car-oriented transport policies in the USA
can serve as a useful warning to those of us in other countries.  Paul. ]


From: litman at IslandNet.com (Todd Litman)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 09:05:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: alt-transp Book on Transportation Equity

Some of you may be interested in the new book, "Just Transportation:
Dismantling Race and Class Barriers to Mobility," edited by Dr. Robert
Bullard, New Society Publishing, 1997, $15.95 U.S./$18.95 Canadian.

This book includes twelve essays by different authors describing historic
and current issues related to the impacts of transportation policy in terms
of racial, social and economic equity. It examines how transportation
policies are linked to housing, residential patterns, spatial layout of
cities (i.e. urban sprawl), and environmental protection.

Chapters include "Just and Sustainable Communities" (by Henry Holmes of
Urban Habitat), "Linking Social Equity with Livable Communities" (by Don
Chen of the STPP), "Transportation Efficiency and Equity in Southern
California" (by Michael Cameron  of the Environmental Defense Fund),
"Confroning Transit Racism in Los Angeles" (By Erick Mann of the Labor
Community Strategy Center), "Civil Rights and Legal Remedies: A Plan of
Action" (by Bill Lann Lee of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund), and other case
studies.

The epilogue provides policy recommendations and strategies to achieve
justice in transportation.

I'd be interested in hearing comments about this book by others who have
read it.

Todd Litman, Director
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
"Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
Phone & Fax: (250) 360-1560
E-mail:     litman at islandnet.com
Website:    http://www.islandnet.com/~litman