Aug 1, 2023
With billions of federal dollars promised to reconnect
communities torn apart by highways, America could be the brink of
one of the largest mobility justice movements in decades. To really
right the wrongs of our transportaiton past, though, author
Veronica O. Davis agues we need a new playbook for how to engage
and empower the Black, brown and low income communities we harmed —
and her book, "Inclusive
Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities,"
could be a fantastic candidate.
We sat down with Davis to talk about her deep and diverse
experience as a planner, engineer, journalist, and advocate,
how to make tough decicions when communities have massive needs,
and why an equitable future cannot be car dependent.