Partnerships for Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic had a disproportionate impact on historically marginalized
communities—including Black, Latino, and low-income individuals, as well as older adults,
and people with chronic health conditions or disabilities. As transit agencies build
toward recovery and rethink or reimagine
their operations, they might consider grounding their decision-making in equity principles.
The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's
TCRP Synthesis 167: Partnerships for Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery
identifies how transit agencies were able to quickly pivot during the pandemic to deploy resources
for other temporary “incidental uses” and respond to the need for essential
services. Through these incidental uses of vehicles and facilities, public transit agencies across the
country kept workers actively employed while expanding equitable access in unprecedented ways.
This Summary Last Modified On: 2/14/2023