Transportation Justice

In December of 2011, thirty organizations (national, statewide, and local) and scholars who specialize in social justice issues in transportation submitted comments to the U.S. Department of [...]

June 21, 2011 Mark Green, Chair, and Members ABAG Administrative Committee Adrienne Tissier, Chair, and Members Metropolitan Transportation Commission Dear Chairs and Members: We join several of [...]

Public Advocates proposed a new chapter on “Civil Rights and Environmental Justice in Regional Transportation Planning” for California’s RTP Guidelines. The proposed new chapter includes federal [...]

More than forty groups have called upon MTC and ABAG to incorporate key elements of the “Equity, Environment and Jobs” Scenario into the final Plan Bay Area. On September 23, 2015 wrote a letter [...]

This letter is to the Contra Costa Transportation Agency concerning its sales tax measure. Public Advocates Letter to CCTA re Sales Tax 4-1-16

This is the 2012 Report Card on Plan Bay Area issued by the 6 Wins Coalition rtp_scs_report_card_6_wins_network_may_2012

Richard Marcantonio and Alex Karner co-authored this article for Progressive Planning Magazine, Winter 2016 edition. PPM_W2016_Social Equity In Transp Planning_MarcantonioKarner

Urban Habitat vs. Metropolitan Transportation Commission Issue: Transportation Justice Topic: Community & State Campaigns Case Date: March 7, 2014 BACKGROUNDThe legislation that created the [...]

Background In September 2009, Public Advocates filed a successful civil rights and Environmental Justice administrative complaint with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on behalf of our [...]

Background In November 2010, Public Advocates assisted the Bus Riders Union in preparing a Title VI administrative complaint against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [...]