ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TOOLS AND ASSESSMENT PRACTICES

This paper presents ways to assess and illustrate socioeconomic and environmental factors that define project settings in the context of transportation infrastructure and associated communities. It gives particular reference to urban neighborhoods and to the costs and benefits of public transit inner city constituents. It emphasizes compliance with issues of Environmental Justice (EJ) as reflected in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). Its framework consists of resource management consistent with public transit. Its objective is to protect and sustain community functions and livability, and it discusses the need to consider public health and the ultimate incorporation of epidemiology in assessment of EJ issues.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Public Transportation Association

  1201 New York Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC    20005
• Authors:
  • De Santo, R S
  • Bailey, W H
• Conference:
  • 1999 Commuter Rail/Rapid Transit Conference, Proceedings
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • Date: 1999-5-22 to 1999-5-27
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 189-198

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Epidemiology; Infrastructure; Livability; Public health; Public transit; Socioeconomic factors; Sustainable development; Urban areas
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766385
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 14 1999 12:00AM