DEPARTMENT: Transportation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Tomika Monterville, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICT IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Equity in Transportation Decision-Making
SUMMARY:
The Transportation Department will provide a briefing to the City Council’s Transportation & Mobility Committee on a proposed strategy to incorporate equity into the transportation decision-making process.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In February 2021, Committee Chair Gonzales requested a briefing on how the Transportation Department proposed to incorporate equity into multi-modal decision-making to ensure the needs of the most vulnerable in the community were met with transportation projects and plans.
Staff propose to utilize the City’s Equity Atlas as the foundation for developing categories and criteria to evaluate future transportation plans and programs. Staff plan to assess the City’s Multi-Modal Plan to demonstrate the application of the equity scorecard.
ISSUE:
Concerns related to the application of equity in transportation decision-making have prompted staff to evaluate measure and criteria to ensure that the needs of marginalized and underserved members of the City are met with transportation plans and investments.
ALTERNATIVES:
This item is for briefing purposes only.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This item is for briefing purposes only.
RECOMMENDATION:
This item is for briefing purposes only.