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Transportation Equity Network

The Transportation Equity Network (TEN) is a coalition of community groups, equitable transportation advocates, civic organizations, and other... more »

Technical Assistance Programs

We and our partners can help government agencies, nonprofits and community groups plan, apply for and implement new public infrastructure... more »

Chicago Truck Data Portal

CNT and the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization counted trucks and buses throughout Chicagoland. The counts available through this open... more »

STELLAR — Request for Proposals

Supporting Transportation Electrification – Leadership, Learning, Assistance, and Resources (STELLAR) Request for Proposals

A local outreach firm will support Community Based Organizations participating in the second phase of STELLAR by planning and hosting one (1) local outreach event with each CBO (10 events total) that aims to educate the community about EVs, EV charging and charging infrastructure, and other community-specific concerns. The outreach firm will also develop marketing materials and strategy to conduct outreach alongside CBOs to their communities and build connections to local fleets.

Final proposals are due by 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time on October 11, 2024.

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Chicago seeing results from public support for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development local visions, expert advice
September 10, 2024

Public investment in local projects plus coaching and support proves a winning combination From the grand opening of a grocery cooperative in Rogers Park this July to a trade school and art hub project in Lawndale still on the drawing board, equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) is inspiring some $350 million in new development projects across Chicago. Community-based organizations have the vision and local knowledge of what their neighborhoods need. Policy and planning... Continue reading »

 

Featured Publication

Equity in Practice: Strengthening Transit through Community Partnerships

by TransitCenter and CNT
February 29, 2024

TransitCenter, CNT, and six LA-based community organizations worked with LA Metro to implement part of the agency’s strategy for working with CBOs. In our new report, Equity in Practice: Strengthening Transit through Community Partnerships, we reflect on what other agency practitioners can learn about community partnerships from LA Metro. CNT and TransitCenter offered our research expertise and team capacity to the Office of Equity and Race , to aid their implementation of the CBO Partnering Strategy. Our cross-organizational team developed two recommendations from the strategy: a database connecting CBO and LA Metro staff to information about each other and partnership opportunities and a charter process to guide LA Metro-CBO partnerships. This report describes how we developed those two recommendations. In doing so, it demonstrates the process and form that community-driven agency programs can take and illuminates lessons about CBO-agency relationships.

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The Chicago Activists Tracking the Impact of Trucks and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Next City | August 5, 2024

an image of a chicago intersection with heavy traffic including cars and a concrete truck

Community organizers are using cameras and software to count the number and type of vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians at key intersections to help lobby for electrification and pollution mitigation. (This article ran in Energy News Network originally)

 

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