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ποΈ 22 August 2023
β±οΈ 45 minutes
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In her new book, Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities, Veronica O. Davis β the Director of Transportation and Drainage Operations for the city of Houston, Texas β takes a hard look at the ways in which planning a world for cars has harmed communities and how that affects anyone working to change things today. How do you repair a system that continues to divide communities? In a world where "equity" can sometimes just be a buzzword, what does equity truly look like if we can achieve it?
Davis tells her own "transportation story," asks readers to think about their own, and urges transportation professionals to consider past injustices and do the hard work that results in more than an idea and a catchphrase. She also has a lot of advice for how to approach community engagement and the different types of "stakeholders" who can make or break a street improvement project.
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1:46.2 | episode is Veronica O Davis. Veronica is the director of transportation and |
1:51.3 | drainage operations for the City of Houston. |
1:54.0 | She's also the co-founder of Inspire Green LLC, which is an environmental and urban planning consulting company. |
2:00.8 | Throughout her career, she's been involved in transportation and streets-related issues |
2:05.0 | at just about every level you can imagine from being one of the co-founders of |
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