Assignemnt: Transportation
Throughout the course we have addressed many issues with regards to passenger transportation. Your project should focus on a topic related to environmental justice (EJ) and passenger transporta- tion that is of personal interest. According to FHWA, there are three fundamental environmental justice principles:
• To avoid, minimize, or mitigate disproportionately high and adverse human health and environ- mental effects, including social and economic effects, on minority populations and low-income populations.
• To ensure the full and fair participation by all potentially affected communities in the trans- portation decision-making process.
• To prevent the denial of, reduction in, or significant delay in the receipt of benefits by minority and low-income populations.
This report is two parts: (1) explore the definitions and metrics which define if a project is equitable and/or follows environmental justice (EJ) principles and (2) look at a case study (or project) in depth and determine if the project follows environmental justice principles.
Part I
This section of the report and presentation is to explore how environmental justice and transportation equity defined. Some questions which you should answer are:
• How is equity measured / defined?
• What performance measures are used to determine if a project follows environment justice principles?
• What is an Environmental Impact Statement?
• Why is public engagement important?
• Based on your research, how do you feel Baltimore is doing from an environmental justice perspective?
Part II
You are expected to select one case to study. This case can be an example of either a transportation project done well or poorly from an EJ framework (you must specify which category it is). For example, you could look at how building the interstate system affected a particular city or town such as Overton in Miami, FL as discussed in the Divided Highways documentary. Describe how the project fits in the EJ framework. In addition, relate the case study to topics discussed in class such as transportation system components and key points. Lastly, discuss the importance of the public outreach process in transportation. Did the case engage in public outreach?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.