Environmental Justice Toolkit

Technical Documentation

Phase II of the Baltimore Region Environmental Justice inTransportation Project

Prepared forThe U. S. Environmental Protection Agency in Conjunction with theU.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway AdministrationCooperative Agreement XA-83085801-3Contract DTF1161-06-P-00106

2008

Project Director

Glenn RobinsonResearch Scientist, Morgan State University

Sponsor

Baltimore Metropolitan Council – Transportation Planning Division

Institutional Support

School of Engineering and Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State UniversityGreater Baltimore Urban LeagueEnvironmental Justice Partnership, Inc Johns Hopkins Center in Urban Environmental HealthOhio State University - School of Public Health

Community Support

Art Cohen, Morgan State University (Historian, Highway to Nowhere)Shirley Folks, Cherry Hill Public Housing Tenants AssociationDiane Jones, Assistant Professor - Institute of Architecture and Planning, Morgan State UniversityRuth Pitts, Cherry Hill Public Housing Tenants AssociationLeon Purnell, Executive Director – The Men’s CenterZelda Robinson, President - Westside Baltimore CoalitionAngela Wilkins, Graduate Research Assistant, Planning, Morgan State University (Cherry Hill)

Oversight Committee

Tony Brown, Maryland Transit AdministrationDon Chen, Smart Growth AmericaRichard Lloyd, Morgan State UniversityMichael Mazepink, Peoples Homesteading GroupDorothy Morrison, Maryland Department of the EnvironmentPaul Oberle, Maryland Department of TransportationCarol Payne, Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentDan Pontious, Citizens Planning and Housing AssociationAndrew Sawyer, Maryland Department of the EnvironmentScot Spencer, Annie E. Casey FoundationRich Stoltz, Center for Community Change

Acknowledgments

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the four community groups for their fine work,the support they gave to this research, as well as their willingness to continue to share theirexperience with us and with other communities. We wish them the best as they strive to ensureaccessible, affordable and reliable transportation for people with disabilities, low incomes andothers in their communities.Also, we wish to express our appreciation to federal representatives for their support as well,this includes: Victor McMahan (EPA), Sherry Ways (FHWA), and Gloria Shepherd (FHWA). Anote of thanks to an early contributor to this project, Rick Kuzmyak, is also warranted.

Note

This final report is a compendium of the Task 2 Impact Measures, Task 3 Analytical Procedures3, and Task 4 Analysis approach. The analysis approaches identified and used in this reportrepresents a few of the potential transportation analytical tools and impact measures forevaluation of environmental justice issues.