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Setting Our Course: Creating a Region of Opportunity through Equitable Transportation and Land Use Planning Fresno, CA October 6, 2011 Jonathan London,
Setting Our Course: Creating a Region of Opportunity through
Equitable Transportation and Land Use Planning Fresno, CA October
6, 2011 Jonathan London, Ph.D.
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We hold these truths Unalienable right to pursuit of happiness
You cant manage what you dont measure You are here: Importance of
place-based metrics (urban/suburban/rural) Bottom Line: A system is
only as strong as its weakest link 2
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Housing Transportation Land Use/ Built Environment Economic
Development/ Financial Assets Youth Development/ Education
Environmental Resources/ Quality Health Cultural Development
Sustainability: Making Connections Equity EconomyEnvironment
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Is it relevant? Does it relate to important values and goals Is
it understandable and usable? To agencies and to social equity
constituencies Does it help us understand links between land
use/transportation and social equity? Is the data consistent and
reliable? Can it be used to compare over time and between places?
Do they help us understand conditions for both places and
people?
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Social vulnerability index Opportunity index TPA screening TPA
planning Environmental Justice analysis MTP planning 5
http://www.sacog.org/sustainable/working-groups/eqhousinghealth/
CRC Team: Chris Benner, Bidita Tithi, Jonathan London
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Basic Neighborhood Demographics
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Equity Priorities: Cell # 1: (High likelihood of success/ high
impact Cell # 3: Low likelihood of success but high impact
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13 Co-convened by Center for Regional Change, and the
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) 3 meetings over
2-month period Over 30 community leaders and advocates: affordable
housing, public health, social services, neighborhood associations,
labor unions, civil rights, community economic development, elderly
services, youth development, transportation, walkability, and
environmental protection. Paralleled consultation/
capacity-building with Coalition on Regional Equity
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Brainstorming: ID key factors of neighborhood vulnerability and
opportunity Refining: Feedback on proposed set of indicators.
Application: Presentation of final indices as basis for
recommendations on TPA selection criteria 14
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Sacramento: Fruitridge and Stockton: Area has high proportion
of immigrants and strong Asian concentration and high Hispanic
concentration. Overall education levels quite low, with very high
proportion of people with less than high school degree. The
southern and eastern census tracts in this area have some of the
highest vulnerability levels of any TPA areas under consideration,
driven by high poverty levels, high proportions of unemployed (or
out of the labor market), high proportions of linguistic isolation,
and high proportions of businesses with declining sales. In terms
of the opportunity index, tract 31.02 is the only tract with a
higher than average score, driven primarily by high proportions of
people not driving alone to workthe other tracts have average or
below average scores. Priorities for equity-oriented development in
the area might include focusing on employment opportunities.
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17 CRC Team: Jonathan London, Tara Zagofsky, Ganlin Huang
23 Youth populations that do not have reliable transportation
are excluded I would even venture to say that these are the youth
that need the services most. -- Galt Adult Ally It can be very
difficult for young people to get around West Sacramento -- SacTown
Heroes The bike lane on Jefferson Blvd makes me feel like Im going
to get hit by a truck!
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24 C. Design Youth-Friendly Places Places and routes that are
safe, welcoming, enjoyable, and connected Youth infrastructure
(parks, school grounds) Non-youth infrastructure (housing, economic
development, transportation) Next Steps
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Social equity can (and should) be quantified and integrated
into planning for SB 375 Challenge of integrating community
knowledge and planners culture of science Informed community
participation and capacity-building adds value to process Relevant
indicators Hidden factors documented Historical context 25
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Jonathan London, Ph.D. Director: UC Davis Center for Regional
Change One Shields Avenue 2009 Wickson Davis CA 95616
[email protected] 530-752-3007 [email protected]
http://regionalchange.ucdavis.edu/
http://regionalchange.ucdavis.edu/
http://mappingregionalchange.ucdavis.edu
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