Funding State Transportation Ensuring Equity in Transportation Investments [Video]

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. With unprecedented federal transportation investments of around $200 billion across nearly 300 programs through the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, it’s essential that states are well-equipped to equitably distribute this funding. State-level transportation investment policies and programs must ensure that communities work in tandem with state governmental actors to deploy this funding where it is most needed.

For this webinar, we invited a panel of experts working across research, community organizing, and state governments to share their experiences in equitable state transportation investment. Our panelists included:

• Hana Creger, Associate Director of Climate Equity, The Greenlining Institute
• José Antonio Zayas Cabán, Executive Director, Our Streets Minnesota
• Deron Lovaas, Chief, Environment and Sustainable Transportation, Maryland Department of Transportation

In this recap article, we’ll provide highlights from our expert panel’s presentations, including best practices for collaboration between state departments of transportation (DOTs) and communities, lessons learned …