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Session II - Transportation Research Board
EQUITY IN TRANSPORTATION
Monument Room | 10:00am – 11:00am
In this session, panelists will discuss the historical context of transit planning decisions as they relate to
community engagement, fare equity, access, transit-oriented development, and gentri昀椀cation. Panelists
will then provide examples from their work that demonstrate meaningful changes and possible steps
forward to help us realize greater equity in the U.S. transit system.
MODERATOR
Gwen Chisholm Smith
Director of TCRP, Transportation Research Board
Circe Torruellas
Noah Berger
Senior Program Manager, Gannett Fleming
CEO & Administrator, Merrimack Valley Transit
Reinaldo Germano
Veronica Vanterpool
Senior Transportation Planner, Foursquare ITP
Deputy Administrator,
Federal Transit Administration
Sponsored by:
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