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Researching and Responding to Racial Disparities in Construction

项目名称：	Researching and Responding to Racial Disparities in Construction
摘要：	During the construction of the United States Interstate System, an estimated one million people were uprooted (Schwartz, 1976). Because planning for the interstates and other roadways occurred at a time of significant racial change in American metropolitan areas, the interstates were tied to racial politics. Harms varied by state and metropolitan area, and marginalized communities often bore a disproportionate share. Their losses included neighborhoods central to community life and direct financial harms to individuals and their families that have compounded over time. The pain and anger in these communities is still alive today, evidenced most recently by articles that appeared in 2020 in California, New York, Michigan, Louisiana, Connecticut, and elsewhere. To concerned citizens and activists, the expressways are “monuments to racism” (Fleischer, 2020). Negotiations among federal, state, and local officials produced the expressways. Top officials gathered in 1958 to promote cooperative approaches, agreeing that “A community which displaces large numbers of people through activities designed for the general benefit has a responsibility to help these persons adjust satisfactorily to the new conditions. This responsibility is greatest where the potential injury is greatest—that is, among lower income and minority groups, the elderly, and others least equipped for what may be for them a major crisis” (Sagamore Report, 1958). State highway departments used eminent domain and displaced people from their homes, businesses, and community institutions. The objectives of this research are to (1) increase knowledge among government officials and the public about disparities associated with highway construction; (2) develop tools for state DOTs and local staff to help build accountability and trust as communities confront the truth about the disparate racial impacts of past decisions; and (3) provide successful practices for transportation professionals in the treatment of groups affected by construction activities.
状态：	Proposed
资金：	400000
资助组织：	National Cooperative Highway Research Program<==>American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)<==>Federal Highway Administration
项目负责人：	Crichton-Sumners, Camille
开始时间：	20210525
主题领域：	Construction；Highways；Society