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.