Name
Community Engagement: The Key to Advancing Equitable Infrastructure
Date & Time
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Session Type
Session
Description

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, passed early in the Biden Administration, unlocked historic amounts of transportation funding. It also included ambitious directives for involving communities in the planning and implementation of projects. These directives that dovetail with a growing effort among planners to center equity and repair past harms. What tools and tactics are emerging? Learn from case studies of meaningful engagement. Then divide into groups to design engagement for typical transportation projects. What metrics will you use? Are you thinking about historical and cultural context? How about client and project team relationships? Dive in, especially if this is new to you.