Environmental Justice

The TPB has a two-pronged approach to ensuring nondiscrimination and meeting Environmental Justice requirements: Analyzing current conditions and forecasting impacts of the long-range plan on traditionally-disadvantaged populations and by engaging potentially vulnerable populations in the planning process.
 

Environmental Justice Analysis of Visualize 2045

The TPB must identify and address, as appropriate, disproportionately high or adverse effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations. The Environmental Justice analysis of Visualize 2045 provides information about current conditions for traditionally-disadvantage population groups and forecasts possible conditions in the distant future. Beyond meeting federal requirements on Environmental Justice, this analysis contributes to important and ongoing transportation policy discussions for promoting the fair and equitable treatment of all individuals.

Access the Environmental Justice Analysis of Visualize 2045 (2022 Update)
 

Public Involvement

An important complement to in-depth quantitative analysis is input from communities struggling with poverty, poor transit service, and getting access to jobs and opportunities. The input received from community leaders from the Access for All Advisory Committee on unmet transportation needs in the region is highly valuable and is considered in the planning process along with how the long-range transportation plan potentially impacts the future.