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Texas MPO Equity
Help fund research and advocacy devoted to fairer, smarter transportation decision making in Texas
Welcome
Texas MPO Equity
Help fund research and advocacy devoted to fairer, smarter transportation decision making in Texas
Metropolitan Planning Organizations make decisions for massive spending, mostly for transportation, that shape every aspect of life in Texas cities. Yet in Houston, the nation's most diverse metropolis, TPC members are overwhelmingly white men - who are all assuredly great folks, but simply cannot represent the diverse needs of the people of Houston.
Jay Blazek Crossley wants to be able to spend the time required to flesh out a full report on the current state of representation on these decision making bodies across Texas. This report would include collecting and presenting data, some literature review and theory behind the consequences of inequitable public decision making, and suggestions for fixing the problem.
You can contribute to this campaign today on Tilt and help make this study a reality.
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Of the 189 people currently occupying voting seats on the transportation decision making bodies of the ten largest MPOs in Texas, only 31 are women - just 16%.
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Of the 189 people currently occupying voting seats on the transportation decision making bodies of the ten largest MPOs in Texas, only 31 are women - just 16%.
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The Houston region spends the most per capita on roads out of the ten largest Metro areas in the nation at $2.5 Billion a year in 2014. Texas can afford safe, comfortable streets, transit, and active transportation built into our daily lives.
We just haven't been choosing to do it.
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The Houston region spends the most per capita on roads out of the ten largest Metro areas in the nation at $2.5 Billion a year in 2014. Texas can afford safe, comfortable streets, transit, and active transportation built into our daily lives.
We just haven't been choosing to do it.
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As of the 2014 version of this report, African-Americans in the Houston region are represented at the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council at a ratio of 1,000,000 people to 1 vote, while latinos are represented at 2,200,000 to 1, and non-hispanic caucasians at 100,000 : 1.
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As of the 2014 version of this report, African-Americans in the Houston region are represented at the H-GAC Transportation Policy Council at a ratio of 1,000,000 people to 1 vote, while latinos are represented at 2,200,000 to 1, and non-hispanic caucasians at 100,000 : 1.
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Texas needs everyone at the table to be smart about navigating our amazing growth, providing safe multimodal access for all, and allowing our cities to become healthy 21st century human habitat.
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Texas needs everyone at the table to be smart about navigating our amazing growth, providing safe multimodal access for all, and allowing our cities to become healthy 21st century human habitat.