The Implications of Freeway Siting in California: An Equity, Geospatial, and Case Study Approach
Conducted in parallel between researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), this multidisciplinary project will examine four consequences of freeway construction on minority neighborhoods: (1) direct disruption, including disinvestment and loss of housing, local businesses, and local institutions, (2) increasing segregation, such as facilitating suburban white flight and hardening of racial boundaries, (3) diminished access to job or education opportunities because of spatial mismatch , and (4) health impacts because of increasing mobile sources of pollution. Freeway siting continues to have profound health, employment, educational, and social consequences decades later, so uncovering its history is vital to addressing one of the state’s most significant spatial inequities. The research consists of two major parts: (1) a macro review of the unequal spatial-temporal patterns created by freeways, using quantitative geospatial analysis of historical data, and (2) a micro look in the form of intense case studies, using archival research and interviews with a diverse set of stakeholders, to provide more detail about the present and long-term effects of freeway siting.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $46000
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Contract Numbers:
DOT 69A3551747114
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesUniversity of California, Davis
1 Shields Ave
Davis, California United States 95616Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesUniversity of California, Davis
1 Shields Ave
Davis, California United States 95616 -
Project Managers:
Iacobucci, Lauren
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Performing Organizations:
National Center for Sustainable Transportation
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA United StatesUniversity of California, Davis
1 Shields Ave
Davis, California United States 95616 -
Principal Investigators:
Jain, Aakansha
Handy, Susan
- Start Date: 20201001
- Expected Completion Date: 20210930
- Actual Completion Date: 20230315
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Demographics; Education; Equity (Justice); Freeways; Health; Highway corridors; Highway design; Job opportunities; Race
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01778728
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
- Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3551747114
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Aug 5 2021 2:26PM