REFLECTIONS ON EQUITY IN TRANSPORTATION

Transportation provides both enormous benefits and enormous costs.
Indeed, society as we know it could not exist without an extensive and
efficient transportation system. Mobility is essential for people to get to
jobs, schools, medical care, or social activities. At the same time, the
transportation system imposes significant impacts, for example traffic
accidents, air pollution, congestion and noise. Decades of research show
that the costs and benefits of transportation are not equitably distributed.
Professor Genevieve Giuliano will discuss inequities in public transit and
suggest strategies for providing more effective and equitable services.