More Equity Resources



Visuals Convey Difference between Equality and Equity

Source: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Shares updated ways to visually convey the difference between equality and equity.
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Comprehensive Look at Bike Helmets

Source: Slate
Documents the history of bicycle helmets.
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ITE Foundational Equity Glossary Draft

Source: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
Provides a consistent and standard way to evaluate transportation equity.
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Seattle models strategies for equitably advancing safe walking and biking for youth

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC) and Vision Zero for Youth
Offers a look at Seattle's strategies for equitably advancing safe walking and biking for youth.
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Vision Zero for Youth Demonstration Project, Philadelphia, PA, 2019-2021

Source: Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center and Toole Design
Summarizes a combination of “Vision Zero for Youth” approaches with a focus on systemic pedestrian safety analysis that reinforces the City’s commitment to youth road safety to gain an understanding of replicable strategies and tools for other cities to use.
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Connecting New Concepts to Advance Pedestrian Safety

Source:
PBIC is observing Pedestrian Safety Month by sharing resources, webinars, and other tools to help advance safety for people who walk, bike, and use other nonmotorized modes.
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Measuring Access to Opportunities to Advance Equity

Source: Conveyal
Describes a tool to quantify access to opportunities and progress toward equitable transportation systems, particularly public transit and active modes of transportation. Its routing software is published under a permissive open-
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First Steps of TREC Anti-Racism Plan: Input on Racial Justice in Transportation Syllabi

Source: Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), Portland State University (PSU
Provides resources for teaching race, racism, and equity in transportation planning
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Innovations in Transportation Equity for Latino Communities: Voices for Healthy Kids Grant Summary Report

Source: Salud America
Recommends bringing Latinos and Latino issues into transportation and planning conversations and ways to move toward transportation equity.
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Equity Analysis in Regional Transportation Planning Processes

Source: Transportation Research Board
Transportation agencies that manage federally funded programs and projects are responsible for ensuring that their plans, programs, policies, services, and investments benefit everyone in their jurisdictions equitably.
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