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transportation equity

Mobility and Equity for New York’s Transit-Starved Neighborhoods: The Case for Full-Featured Bus Rapid Transit

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Elena Conte
Keywords: 
bus rapid transit
transportation equity

Published jointly by Pratt Center and the Rockefeller Foundation, Mobility and Equity for New York’s Transit-Starved Neighborhoods: The Case for Full-Featured Bus Rapid Transit analyzes how demographic and economic changes have deepened disparities in transit...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Democratizing Planning
Date: 
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Document: 
pratt_rockefeller_brt_nyc_whitepaper_for_web.pdf

Transportation Equity Atlas

Intro Paragraph: 
Pratt Center launched the Transportation Equity Atlas project to begin to address the complex transportation challenges facing NYC's low- and moderate-income communities. We compiled, analyzed and mapped a range of data on commuter routes and travel time, comparing mobility and transit access among several neighborhoods.
Keywords: 
citywide
Metropolitan Transit Authority
commuters
transportation equity
We found alarming socioeconomic disparities in transportation access through a comprehensive analysis of commuter routes and travel time across NYC.
Body: 

We found great disparities in access between higher-income, professional workers and low-wage manual and service workers. High housing costs mean that most low-wage workers live in areas outside the city's subway-rich core. Those workers also must travel to work sites dispersed widely

...
Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
City-Wide
Status: 
Completed in 2010

Communities United for Transportation Equity

Intro Paragraph: 
COMMUTE is a coalition of New York City community groups that initially came together in 2007 to make congestion pricing work for working families, by advocating for the use of congestion pricing revenues to finance mass-transit investments benefiting underserved communities and low-income commuters.
Keywords: 
commuters
citywide
Metropolitan Transit Authority
transportation equity
bus rapid transit
climate resiliency
sustainable community planning
COMMUTE collaborated with Pratt Center to develop a plan for a citywide Bus Rapid Transit network.
Body: 

COMMUTE is now continuing its work to promote mass-transit investments for inadequately served low-income New Yorkers. The Pratt Center is coordinating COMMUTE and providing supporting research.

COMMUTE members include:

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Project Status: 
Archived
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Elena Conte
Location: 
City-Wide
Status: 
Completed in 2010

Bus Rapid Transit - COMMUTE route proposal

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Elena Conte
Keywords: 
citywide
Metropolitan Transit Authority
commuters
bus rapid transit
transportation equity

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) and MTA are seeking public input on the rollout of bus rapid transit (BRT) – a vital new addition to New York City’s transit landscape that will make speedier commutes a reality for tens of thousands of New Yorkers now forced to rely on slow local buses.

Research Type: 
Maps
Issue Area: 
Democratizing Planning
Date: 
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Map: 
Make BRT Better

Long Commutes for Low Wages

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Elena Conte
Keywords: 
citywide
commuters
transportation equity
Metropolitan Transit Authority

New York's mass transit systems do not serve all New Yorkers equally.

Research Type: 
Maps
Issue Area: 
Democratizing Planning
Date: 
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Map: 
NYC Residents Earning below $35,000/year with Commutes Longer than One hour

Bus Rapid Transit

Intro Paragraph: 
For most low- and moderate-income communities throughout New York City, limited access to public transportation remains a considerable challenge.
Keywords: 
citywide
Metropolitan Transit Authority
commuters
bus rapid transit
transportation equity
Pratt Center is a leading advocate for BRT – a low cost approach to shortening commutes for thousands of New Yorkers and closing disparities in transit access.
Body: 

Although the city’s economy is dependent on its strong public transit system, workers in densely-populated peripheral areas often cannot efficiently access places of employment and other much-needed economic opportunities. Over 750,000 New York City workers commute over an hour each way to...

Project Status: 
Active
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Elena Conte
Location: 
City-Wide

Transportation Equity Atlas

Keywords: 
citywide
Metropolitan Transit Authority
commuters
transportation equity

Pratt Center compiled the Transportation Equity Atlas to compare mobility and transit access among New York City neighborhoods. We found great disparities in transportation access between higher-income, professional workers and low-wage manual and service workers. High housing costs mean that...

Research Type: 
Maps
Issue Area: 
Democratizing Planning
Date: 
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Map: 
Type of Employment by Residence
Job Centers of the NYC Region
Commuter Profile: Washington Heights
Commuter Destinations: Washington Heights Residents
Commuter Profile: West/Central Harlem
Commuter Destinations: West/Central Harlem
Commuter Profile: Melrose
Commuter Destinations: Melrose
Commuter Profile: Soundview
Commuter Destinations: Soundview
Commuter Profile: East Elmhurst
Commuter Destinations: East Elmhurst
Commuter Profile: Woodside
Commuter Destinations: Woodside
Commuter Profile: Downtown Brooklyn
Commuter Destinations: Downtown Brooklyn
Commuter Profile: Bushwick
Commuter Destinations: Bushwick
Commuter Profile: Flushing
Commuter Destinations: Flushing
Commuter Profile: Jamaica
Commuter Destinations: Jamaica
Commuter Profile: East Flatbush
Commuter Destinations: East Flatbush
Commuter Profile: Sunset Park
Commuter Destinations: Sunset Park
Commuter Origins: Flushing
Commuter Origins: Bathgate
Commuter Origins: Lower Concourse
Commuter Origins: Hunts Point
Commuter Origins: Long Island City
Commuter Origins: East Williamsburg
Commuter Origins: Downtown Jamaica
Commuter Origins: JFK Airport
Commuter Origins: Central Brooklyn Medical Centers
Commuter Origins: Sunset Park

Transforming the Sheridan Corridor

Intro Paragraph: 
For decades, the Sheridan Expressway – a 1.25 mile remnant of the Robert Moses era – has severely impeded the quality of life in Hunts Point and the surrounding communities in the South Bronx.
Keywords: 
Bronx
land use
affordable housing
zoning
transportation equity
sustainable community planning
A Bronx-based coalition is successfully leading the fight to transform the Sheridan Expressway and to create affordable housing and green open space where it used to be
Body: 

In 1999, the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance (SBRWA) was formed to work for the removal of the Sheridan Expressway and the transformation of the South Bronx into a model of sustainable land use, environmental justice, and...

Project Partners: 
Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance
Project Status: 
Active
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Elena Conte
Sydney Céspedes
Location: 
Bronx
iframe: 

Bus Rapid Transit - A Transportation Revolution at a Bargain Price

Keywords: 
citywide
Metropolitan Transit Authority
commuters
bus rapid transit
transportation equity

This issue brief explains what's at stake as the NYC Department of Transportation and the NYS Metropolitan Transportation Authority work to roll out bus rapid transit (BRT)  citywide, and outlines what community groups can do to make sure that BRT fulfills its potential to liberate New...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Democratizing Planning
Date: 
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Document: 
ib_-_brt_pratt_center_issue_brief_5-09.pdf

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