Project Details
Description
Mobilizing Justice is a multidisciplinary and multi-sector partnership that will build sustainable connections for research and knowledge exchange to solve transportation poverty problems in Canadian cities and mobilize findings into action. Over 5 years, we will conduct the first national systematic study to measure and describe the Canadian population living with transport poverty and transportation related social exclusion (TRSE).
Our coalition includes more than 30 academics, 14 government agencies, 7 industry partners, and 7 non-profit organizations. We will work together to achieve our primary goal of improving transport outcomes through evidence-based transportation equity research and produce:
a)a national, large-sample survey of transport poverty (n=20,000);
b)a comprehensive set of validated guidelines and processes for setting and meeting transportation equity goals within official plans and transportation business cases; and
c)a robust body of empirical evaluations of mobility technology and policy pilots which are designed to serve the needs of people experiencing transport poverty.
Our research program is structured into six working groups: three research activities groups, each aligned with one of the above empirical aims, and three cross-cutting thematic groups, which will conduct supporting and evaluative research spanning all activities. The first cross-cutting theme, Prioritizing Populations, will provide guidance about who in Canada needs to be prioritized within equitable transportation planning while emphasizing the intersectionality of prioritized communities. The second cross-cutting theme, Transportation Modes, seeks to clarify knowledge gaps related to motivators, barriers, and adaptation processes of people experiencing TRSE with respect to different modes. The final theme, Equitable Community Engagement and Planning, will examine the spectrum of professional and political actors who facilitate or hinder efforts to reduce transport poverty, using collaborative research methods to understand how the activities of community groups, planners, and decision-makers can better support equitable planning processes. Learn more at www.mobilizingjustice.ca.
Our coalition includes more than 30 academics, 14 government agencies, 7 industry partners, and 7 non-profit organizations. We will work together to achieve our primary goal of improving transport outcomes through evidence-based transportation equity research and produce:
a)a national, large-sample survey of transport poverty (n=20,000);
b)a comprehensive set of validated guidelines and processes for setting and meeting transportation equity goals within official plans and transportation business cases; and
c)a robust body of empirical evaluations of mobility technology and policy pilots which are designed to serve the needs of people experiencing transport poverty.
Our research program is structured into six working groups: three research activities groups, each aligned with one of the above empirical aims, and three cross-cutting thematic groups, which will conduct supporting and evaluative research spanning all activities. The first cross-cutting theme, Prioritizing Populations, will provide guidance about who in Canada needs to be prioritized within equitable transportation planning while emphasizing the intersectionality of prioritized communities. The second cross-cutting theme, Transportation Modes, seeks to clarify knowledge gaps related to motivators, barriers, and adaptation processes of people experiencing TRSE with respect to different modes. The final theme, Equitable Community Engagement and Planning, will examine the spectrum of professional and political actors who facilitate or hinder efforts to reduce transport poverty, using collaborative research methods to understand how the activities of community groups, planners, and decision-makers can better support equitable planning processes. Learn more at www.mobilizingjustice.ca.
Status | Active |
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Effective start/end date | 1/01/21 → 31/12/26 |
Keywords
- transport
- social justice
- Canada
- transport equity
- mobility
- accessibility
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