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TCRP Research Report 237: Fare-Free Transit Evaluation Framework
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Equity in Practice: A Guidebook for Transit Agencies
Recent Posts
Public Agencies are Driving Equity in All Transportation Policy Decisions, Acknowledging More Work Must Be Done
December 28, 2021
CNT Welcomes Its New Director of Transportation Equity Heidy Persaud
April 20, 2020

Heidy Persaud

She/her
Director, Transportation
hpersaud@cnt.org

Heidy Persaud joined CNT to implement the agency’s work on transportation with a multidisciplinary and equitable focus.  Prior to CNT, Heidy worked in urban planning and community development at Teska Associates, Inc., the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, and the Chicago Transit Authority (RPM) providing assistance to communities across the Chicago metropolitan area through plan-making, community outreach, transportation/construction, and implementation. She holds a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Public Health. Heidy and her husband live in Chicago with their two little kids and APBT.