Pre-sessional Day / Unconference Day / MONDAY July 15

9:00 a.m.

Registration Desk Open

9:30 a.m.

Equity in Transportation Committee Meeting (AME10)

12:00 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m.

Unconference Events

Offering a program organized by the participants, with the intention to provide a platform for the informal exchange of information and ideas among fellow attendees

5:00 p.m.

- Adjourn unconference events -

5:30 p.m.

Community Resources and Impacts Committee Meeting (AME80)

Public Engagement and Communications Committee Meeting (AJE40)

7:00 p.m.

- Adjourn -

Day One / TUESDAY July 16

7:00 a.m.

Registration Desk Open

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Attendees will be welcomed by local officials and equity leaders to learning about current practice and research that researches across the divide to advance transportation equity in their communities. The opening will be hosted by the conference co-chairs, Beverly Ward, BGW Associates, and Liz Williams, Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

9:45 a.m.

Networking with Poster Presenters and Peers

11:15 a.m.

Keynote Luncheon and Opening Plenary

Enjoy lunch with a keynote address by Secretary Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Department of Transportation (invited) followed by panel discussion featuring members of the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity.

1:15 p.m.

Break

1:30 p.m.

Lectern 1: Access and People with Disabilities

Lectern 3: Electrification

Lectern 12: Regional and National Analyses

Lectern 7: Justice40

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Lectern 5: History and Reparative Planning

Panel 7: Centering Tribal Sovereignty in Transportation Equity Research and Practice - A Call for Action

Workshop 2: USDOT Updates on Advancing Equity in Transportation Planning

Lectern 13: Safety - Part I

4:30 p.m.

Break

4:45 p.m.

Lectern 10: Public Health

Lectern 18: Technology and Equity

Panel 4: Driving Equity - Strategies for Inclusive Transportation Safety

Panel 10: Overcoming Challenges in Creating Inclusive Workplaces for HBCU and Minority Community Members

6:00 p.m.

Networking Reception and Poster Session

8:00 p.m.

Day Two / WEDNESDAY July 17

7:00 a.m.

Registration Desk Open

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Framing Plenary

After a refreshing breakfast with peers, start the conference day with an industry leader preparing you for a day full learning about and sharing experiences for which research may offer solutions.

9:00 a.m.

Workshop 4: Reparative Planning and Alternatives to Highways

Panel 5: Planning for Health, Equity & Prosperity - A Tale of Two Neighborhoods

Lectern 6: Institutionalizing Equity

Lectern 8: Measures/Methods - Part I

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Workshop 1: Designing for Equitable Public Transportation

Panel 2: The Promise of Universal Basic Mobility

Lectern 11: Public Transit Considerations

Lectern 14: Safety - Part II

11:45 a.m.

Break

12:00 p.m.

Keynote Lunch and Day-Two Plenary Session

April Rai, President & CEO of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMPTO), addresses attendees. Then a panel will discuss efforts to reconnect communities through transportation and equity justice.

1:30 p.m.

Break

1:45 p.m.

Workshop 5: Embodied Leadership for Equity

Panel 8: Supporting Formerly and Currently Incarcerated Persons through Transportation

Lectern 20: Workforce & Project delivery

Lectern 17: Land Use, Housing, and Transportation

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Lectern 16: Real-world Implementation

Panel 3: Using Data to Understand Equity Impacts of Transportation Policy

Lectern 4: Equity Tools

Lectern 19: Equitable Community Engagement

4:30 p.m.

Break

4:45 p.m.

Reflections Plenary: Shaping the Final Day

5:30 p.m.

- Adjourn -

Day Three / THURSDAY July 18

Registration Desk Open

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Framing Plenary

After a refreshing breakfast with peers, start the conference day with an industry leader preparing you for a day full learning about and sharing experiences for which research may offer solutions.

9:00 a.m.

Workshop 3: NCHRP 20-123 (19) A Research Roadmap for Institutionalizing Transportation Equity

Panel 6: Federal Highway Equity Research

Lectern 2: Decision-Making Frameworks/Priorities

Panel 9: Exploring HBCU Student Training and Recruitment - Unveiling the Power of Diverse Voices in the Workplace

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Lectern 9: Measures/Methods - Part II

Panel 1: Measuring Equity Outcomes of Transit -Advocate and Agency Perspectives of Baltimore’s Red Line

Lectern 15: Trevel Needs and Barriers

Workshop 6: Decarcerating Transportation - A Mobility Justice Framework

11:45 a.m.

Break

12:00 p.m.

Call to Action Lunch

Enjoy a meal with the TRB volunteer leadership who are working with partners to focus transportation on services and infrastructure for everyone to have essential access and mobility options for a quality of life wanted.

1:30 p.m.

Break

1:45 p.m.

Notable Gaps that Research May Help Resolve

What were the key challenges discussed during the conference for which research may offer a solution? This session provides an opportunity to inform TRB committee leaders, industry experts, and acadenics on the research priorities needed to advance transportation equity.

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

Closing Plenary - Early Adopters Discussing Good Ideas

A panel of transportation leaders will discuss actions taken and opportunities on the horizon.

4:15 p.m.

- Adjourn -