Equitable Engagement Resources

Case Studies

• "Community "Engagement Mobility Project Examples," Shared-Use Mobility Center (2020). Blog post. 

• "Inclusive and Equitable Engagement: Case Studies, Lessons Learned and Best Practices," Western Planner (2021). Blog post. 

• "Equity Analysis in Regional Transportation Planning," Transit Cooperative Research Program (2020). Report. 

• "Bike and Pedestrian Safety for an Equitable City," Streetlight Data. Report. 

• "Equitable TOD A Sound Transit Case Study," Seattle University (2020). Presentation. 

• "Equity-Driven Outreach for Bicycle Planning and Beyond:  Let’s Bike Oakland as a Case Study," Columbia University (2020). Master’s thesis. 

• "LA Metro and Transit-Oriented Communities: Creating Equitable Planning Practices through Community Engagement at Mariachi Plaza," Occidental College (2018). Bachelor’s thesis. 

• "Las Cruces Case Study Engaging underserved communities to focus on building more complete streets," American Public Health Association and Transportation for America (2016). White paper. 

• "Massachusetts Bicycle Transportation Plan Public Engagement Results," Massachusetts Department of Transportation (2019). Report. 

• "Equity-centered Transportation Project Prioritization Process City of Peoria, Illinois," University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2021). Master’s thesis. 

 

Equity Toolkits

• "Community Engagement," Racial Equity Tools. Website. 

• "Equity Impact Review," King County. Website.  

• "Continuum of Community Engagement," King County. Toolkit. 

• "The Equity Impact Review checklist," King County (2016). Toolkit. 

• "Using the Equity Impact Review Toolkit," King County Equity & Social Justice (2012). Guide. 

• "King County Equity Impact Awareness Tool," King County Office of Equity & Social Justice (2020). Toolkit.

• "Racial Equity Toolkit COVID19.” City of Seattle. Guide.  

• "Seattle RSJI Racial Equity Toolkit,” Race and Social Justice Initiative. Guide. 

• "Making Equity Real in Mobility Plots," The Greenlining Institute. Guide. 

• "Toolkit to Integrate Health and Equity Into Comprehensive Plans," American Planning Association (2020). Report.

 

Practitioner Guides

• "TRB Webinar: Balancing the Scales--Equity Analysis in Transportation Planning," Transportation Research Board (2020). Webinar.

• "Achieving Transportation Equity through GIS," Esri (2022). Webinar. 

• "Street Smart Equity and Inclusion," Street Smart. Website.

• "Design Justice Network Principles," Design Justice Network (2018). Living document. 

• "The Salzburg Statement on Confronting Power and Privilege for Inclusive, Equitable and  Healthy Communities," Salzburg Global Seminar (2020). Statement.

• "10 Principles of Mobility Justice," Untokening (2017). Blog post. 

• "Seattle's Transportation Equity Framework," Seattle Department of Transportation (2022). Report. 

• “A Racially Equitable & Resilient Recovery,” Seattle Planning Commission (2020). Report. 

• "Autonomous Vehicles: Considerations for People with Disabilities and Older Adults," National Center for Mobility Management (2018). Report. 

• "Beyond Inclusion - Equity in Public Engagement," Simon Fraser University (2020). Report. 

• "Blueprint for Equitable Engagement," City of Minneapolis (2016). White paper. 

• "Community Engagement Guide Continuum," King County (2011). White paper.

• "Defining “Communities of Concern” in Transportation Planning," Urban Institute (2020). Report. 

• "Forging Equity in Cities: Using Equity in Cities: Using Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD) as a Blueprint for  Policy and Practice," Elevated Chicago (2021). Presentation. 

• "Gender equitable recruitment and promotion," Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Australia Government (2019). Report. 

• "Inclusive Investment Starts With Equitable Community Engagement," SPARCC. Report. 

• "Larger and More Representative Sample Size," Streetlight Insight (2020). Report. 

• "Making Racial Equity Real in Research," The Greenlining Institute (2020). Report. 

• "Mobility Equity Framework Final," The Greenlining Institute. Report. 

• "Opportunities for Research on Transportation and Equity," Transportation Research Board (2021). Report. 

• "Public engagement for planning and designing transportation systems," SIDT Scientific Seminar (2012). Report. 

• "Public Involvement - Effectively Serving and Understanding all Communities," U.S. Department of Transportation (2018). Presentation. 

• "Pursuing Equity in Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning," U.S. Department of Transportation

• Federal Highway Administration (2016). Report. 

• "Race-Conscious Student and the Equitable Distribution," Association of American Colleges and Universities (2009). Report. 

• "Guiding Principles for Equitable Engagement in Coordinated Planning," Smart Growth California. White paper. 

• "A Guide to Ensuring Equity in Transportation," Streetlight (2022). White paper. 

• "The State of Transportation and Health Equity," Smart Growth America (2019). Report. 

• "Equity in Practice: A Guidebook for Transit Agencies," TransitCenter and CNT. Report. 

• "Vision 2050 - Regional Equity Strategy Guide," PSRC (2021). Presentation. 

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Research Reports

• "Portland - Gentrification and Displacement Studies," City of Portland (2013). Report. 

• "Access to Opportunity through Equitable Transportation," Urban Institute (2020). Report. 

• "Advancing Transportation Equity: Research and Practice," University of Minnesota (2019). Report. 

• "Rural and Small Town Civic Engagement," All the People, All the Places (2018). Report. 

• "Answers from the Margins: Participatory Planning with Disadvantaged Communities," The University of California Institute of Transportation Studies (2021). Report.

• "At the Intersection of Active Transportation and Equity," Safe Routes to School National Partnership. Report. 

• "Autonomous Vehicle Heaven or Hell? Creating a Transportation Revolution that Benefits All," The Greenlining Institute (2019). Report. 

• "Bike Share Equity Strategies: Successes and Failures," University of Oregon (2016). Master’s thesis. 

• "The Transportation Prescription Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America," PolicyLink. Report. 

• "Breaking Barriers to Bike Share: Insights from Residents of Traditionally Underserved Neighborhoods," National Institute for Transportation and Communities (2017). Report. 

• "Changing Lanes Report," Los Angeles Department of Transportation (2021). Report. 

• "Community Engagement and Transportation Equity," Fordham Urban Law Journal (2017). Report. 

• "Confronting Inequality in Metropolitan Regions: Realizing the Promise of Civil Rights and Environmental Justice in Metropolitan Transportation Planning," Fordham Urban Law Journal (2017). Report. 

• "Developing Data, Models, and Tools to Enhance Transportation Equity," National Institute for Transportation and Communities (2019). Report. 

• "Does Crowdsourcing Community Input Lead to Equitable Transportation? The Application of Web-based Tools to Inform Bikeshare System Development," Congress for the New Urbanism. Report. 

• "Equity Considerations For Long-Range Transportation Planning and Program Development," Georgia Institute of Technology (2015). Dissertation. 

• "Equity-Advancing Practices at Public Transit Agencies in the United States," Transportation Research Board (2021). Report. 

• "Equity-centered Transportation Project Prioritization Process," University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2020). Report. 

• "Evaluating Transportation Equity Guidance for Incorporating Distributional Impacts in Transport Planning," Victoria Transport Policy Institute (2022). Report. 

• "Gentrification and Displacement Study: implementing an equitable inclusive development strategy in the context of gentrification," City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (2013). Report.

• "Healthy, Equitable Transportation Policy Recommendations and Research," PolicyLink. Report. 

• "Public Transit Equity Analysis at Metropolitan and Local Scales," Texas A&M Transportation Institute (2016). Report. 

• "Snohomish County DEI Assessment," Snohomish County Equity and Inclusion Task Force (2019). Report. 

• "The Case for Self-Enforcing Streets," Transportation Alternatives (2020). Report. 

• "Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Transportation State Component," Rockefeller Foundation Initiative (2012). Report. 

• "Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Transportation Federal Component," The Rockefeller Foundation Initiative (2012). Report. 

• "Breaking Barriers to Bike Share: Insights on Equity," Transportation Research and Education Center (2017). Presentation.