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.

9:15 a.m.

Break

9:30 a.m.

Peer to Peer Networking & Poster Session

11:00 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.

Lunch and Opening Plenary

Enjoy lunch with a panel discussion featuring members of the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity.

1:00 p.m.

Break

1:30 p.m.

Lectern Session: Equity in Transportation for Persons with Disabilities

Lectern Session: Electrified Vehicle Network - Equitable or Inequitable?

Lectern Session: What’s Stopping Us? Innovative techniques for identifying mobility barriers among historically marginalized people in the U.S., Bangladesh, and Kenya

Lectern Session: Justice40

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Lectern Session: Historical Impacts and Reparative Planning

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

Workshop: USDOT Updates on Advancing Equity in Transportation Planning

Lectern Session: Transportation Safety in Our Communities

4:30 p.m.

Break

4:45 p.m.

Lectern Session: Equity Bridging Transportation and Public Health

Lectern Session: Hope of Equity in Transportation Technologies

Panel Session: Driving Equity - Strategies for Inclusive Transportation Safety

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

6:00 p.m.

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.

Overview for the Day

9:00 a.m.

Workshop: Reparative Planning and Alternatives to Highways

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

Lectern Session: Institutionalizing Equity

Lectern Session: Equity in Transportation Measures and Analyses

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Workshop: Designing for Equitable Public Transportation

Panel Session: The Promise of Universal Basic Mobility

Lectern Session: Public Transit Considerations

Lectern Session: Applying a Safe Systems Approach for the Youngest Travelers

11:45 a.m.

Break

12:15 p.m.

Lunch and Day Two Plenary Session

April Rai, President & CEO of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), 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: Embodied Leadership for Equity
This workshop has been cancelled

Panel Session: The Ins and Outs of Transportation Access for Justice Involved Communities

Lectern Session: Workforce and Project Delivery

Lectern Session: Land Use, Housing, and Transportation

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

Lectern Session: Real-world Implementation

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

Lectern Session: Analysis Tools for Equity in Transportation

Lectern Session: Equitable Community Engagement

4:45 p.m.

Break

5:00 p.m.

Reflections Plenary: Shaping the Final Day

5:15 p.m.

Break

5:30 p.m.

Connect and Grow: Student Mentoring with Experts

7:00 p.m.

- Adjourn -

Day Three / THURSDAY July 18

Registration Desk Open

7:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Overview for the day

9:00 a.m.

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

Panel Session: Federal Highway Equity Research

Lectern Session: Frameworks Incorporating Equity for Decision-Making

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

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Lectern Session: Equity Measures and Methods

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

Lectern Session: Trevel Needs and Barriers

Workshop: Decarcerating Transportation - A Mobility Justice Framework

11:45 a.m.

Break

12:00 p.m.

Lunch and Plenary Session

1:30 p.m.

Break

1:45 p.m.

Plenary Session: Navigating Transportation Equity in Conservative Political Climates - Challenges and Strategies

2:45 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

Closing Plenary: Early Adopters Discuss Good Ideas

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

4:15 p.m.

- Adjourn -