1. Role of Community Transportation in Promoting Social Inclusion Presented by: David Raphael, Regional Ambassador, Community Transportation Association of America CTAA’s EXPO 2008 Social Exclusion Forum New Orleans, Louisiana June 5, 2008

2. Struggle to Define Lack of Mobility in US Advocacy Depends on Powerful Words Poverty, Jobless, Homeless Mobility Advocates Have Poor Alternative Transportation Disadvantaged Transit Dependent Mobility Impaired Political Impact Requires Shaper Tools If You Can’t Name It...

3. Borrowed Name and Launched CTAA Broadened Focus International/global perspective Comprehensive approach -- rural, elderly poor, youth & disabled Raised national awareness of “unpublic” Built effective nationwide network Community Transportation Introduced to the US in 1987

4. Logical next step in evolving strategy Provides framework for examining isolation Context for developing “inclusive” policies Increases allies Needs fertilization -- exchanges between practitioners & researchers in the US, Canada & the UK Social Exclusion: A Timely & Useful Concept

5. Reconnecting citizens to social & economic life of the community Enhancing participation in education, employment, public services & social activities Overcoming individual & community isolation Assuring full participation in civic life What is Social Inclusion?

6. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Civil Rights & Environmental Justice Community Impact Assessments Rural Equity Welfare to Work Health Disparities Fragmented US Policy

7. Health Disparities Minorities, elderly, low income families, rural residents, other disadvantaged groups Inequities include poor health status, medical outcomes, life expectancy, etc. Low Birth-weight High infant mortality Urban and rural issue Preventable Measures of Social Exclusion

8. Educational Achievement High drop out rates Post secondary and vocational training Access to Jobs Spatial mismatch Carless households Measures of Social Exclusion

9. Rural Equity Access to health care Commute distances Standard of living Minority Status Income disparities Social mobility Environmental injustice Measures of Social Exclusion

10. Building a Social Inclusion Agenda in the US Expand research on mobility & social exclusion TRB & TCRP University Transportation Centers Collaboration & coalition building Advocate for inclusive strategies Transportation & land use policies Establish measures of social exclusion Work with new Administration

11. Guide to Resources CTAA www.ctaa.org 800.527.8279 Surface Transportation Policy Project: ”Transportation & Social Equity” www.transact.org/library/factsheets/equity.asp Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark University: www.ejrc.cau.edu Sustrans: ”Towards Transport Justice” www.sustrans.org.uk

12. More Resources The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University: www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu Federal Highway Administration’s Community Impact Assessment website: www.ciatrans.net National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities: http://ncmhd.nih.gov/ “Eliminating Health Disparities”, Report by the Health Resources & Services Administration, US Dept of Health & Human Services: www.hrsa.gov/OMH/OMH/disparities

13. More Resources Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, DHHS: “National Healthcare Disparities Report” www.ahrq.gov/news/nhdrfact.htm US Department of Transportation: Environmental Justice: www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ej2.htm US Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Justice: www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice