Transportation Equity in the new Poverty & Race: Our first issue of 2025, guest-edited by Professor Ariel Bierbaum, involves multiple perspectives on transportation and civil rights, leading with an article by Deborah Archer, adapted from her new book “Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality;” plus a look back at the “freeway revolts” of the 1960s and 70s and their legacy today, by Karilyn Crockett; an assessment of the attacks underway on recent progress in transportation equity, by Mariia Zimmerman; a look at the continuing potential of Title VI, by Aaron Golub and colleagues; and a celebration of community organizing to address the potential impacts of the new “Purple Line” connecting inner ring DC suburbs, from a team at the University of Maryland. Read the full issue here.
Public housing agencies at the intersection of health and education: We are looking forward to presenting our recent work at the annual “Housing Is” conference in DC on May 1-2. Sponsored by the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA), the Housing Is conference highlights the connections that public housing agencies are making with health and education agencies on behalf of their clients. The registration deadline has recently been extended through April 18, so sign up before tomorrow afternoon if you want to attend! See the agenda here and register here.
Other news and resources
Child Opportunity Index 3.0: Diversitydatakids.org has released a new, updated analysis of children’s access to neighborhood based opportunity in the 100 largest metro areas, analyzed separately by race, income, and other metrics.
Congratulations to the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership for helping to buck a national trend of increasing concentration in the Housing Choice Voucher program (as reported in the Baltimore Banner)
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