BART: Environmental Justice [Video of the day]

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August 10, 2009 · Ryan · No Comments
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Just Transportation: Dismantling Race & Class Barriers to Mobility

The book Just Transportation is about justice in the transportation system for people of color, the working class, the poor, women, the elderly, and the disabled. Just Transportation clearly illustrates that the struggle for just transportation is not over. Two of the most historic movements surrounding just transportation are the Freedom Riders and Rosa Park’s [...]

July 24, 2009 · Jackie · No Comments
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Highway Robbery Part 2

order viagra online I am still reading my book titled Highway Robbery. I have read now chapters three and four. Chapter three talks about transportation issues in Atlanta. Chapter three mainly focus on a group called MARTA, which stands for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (or as the authors would say, Moving Africans Rapidly Through [...]

July 21, 2009 · Tamara · 2 Comments
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Transit Riders for Public Transportation – National Day of Action

Tomorrow morning, public transportation advocacy organizations around the country will be demonstrating in favor of increased federal funding for transit operations. From the Transit Riders for Public Transportation’s press release: On Wednesday, July 22, the Bus Riders Union will be part of a national day of action by the Transit Riders for Public Transportation national [...]

July 21, 2009 · Anson · One Comment
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The Efforts for Sustainable Transit In Los Angeles

When I read the the July 10th, New York Times, there was a story that attracted my attention and curiosity,  I was astonished and pleased to hear about Bogota, Colombia’s newest battle against the threat of traffic congestion and climate change. That battle is called TransMilenio, a new system that is composed of high occupancy [...]

July 20, 2009 · Monte · No Comments
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“Highway Robbery”

So I have been reading this book titled, Highway Robbery, by Robert Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres. This book has made me realize that transportation racism started way back during the civil rights movement, and has still continued today. One example of it during the civil rights movement was the Plessy vs. [...]

July 5, 2009 · Tamara · No Comments
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