Signature reports Divided by Design "Divided by Design" uncovers the profound impacts of transportation decisions on socio-economic and environmental landscapes, revealing a legacy of division that continues to affect marginalized neighborhoods. Pluribus Unum Pluribus Unum is an initiative created to fulfill America's promise of justice and opportunity for all by breaking down the barriers that divide us by race and class. In the initiative's first year, the E Pluribus Unum team traveled extensively across the American South to uncover and confront the challenges we face, to learn from people about what separates us and what can.
Divided by Design examines the racist roots of our current transportation system. But most importantly, it demonstrates how today's policies and practices were shaped by this past, leading to racial disparities today. Divided by Design ABOUT THIS REPORT This project was conducted under the leadership of Calvin Gladney, president and CEO of Smart Growth America, and Beth Osborne, vice president of transportation.
Abigail Grimminger, communications manager, was the primary author, with additional contributions from Stephen Kenny, policy associate. Divided by Design Low-income communities and communities of color have been and continue to be disproportionately harmed by our approach to transportation in the United States. This damage has come in many forms, but most egregiously through the construction of the Interstate Highway System.
Low-income communities and communities of color have been and continue to be disproportionately harmed by our approach to transportation in the United States. This damage has come in many forms, but most egregiously through the manner in which the U.S. constructed of the Interstate Highway System.
A growing understanding of this reality helped lead to the creation of new provisions and. Our new report examines the racist roots of our current transportation system. Most importantly, it demonstrates how today's policies and practices were shaped by the past, leading to racial disparities today.
Without a fundamental change to the overall approach to transportation, today's leaders and transportation professionals, no matter their intent, will perpetuate and exacerbate the. Social Equity This report details how low income communities and communities of color have historically and continue to be disproportionately affected by transportation design and implementation. It also details how the interstate highway system and other developments have further created a divide between communities.
A new report from Smart Growth America takes a look back in time to examine the damage and inequities that were deliberately created by and in the federal transportation program from ~1950 onward, examines our current circumstances, and outlines concrete steps that can be taken to fundamentally unwind those inequities. While many recommendations in the []. Beginning in the 1950s, highways devastated communities of color and changed our cities forever.
But the consequences continue, even as we begin to acknowledge our past mistakes. Why? Our new report examines the racist roots of our current transportation system, revealing that flawed thinking continues to haunt our policies and practices. Without a fundamental change to the overall approach to.
