Mary-Katherine Duncan

Beyond NEPA and Title VI: Why “Meeting Requirements” Will Always Fail to Achieve Social Equity

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Much of today’s transportation infrastructure was planned and developed prior to the protections offered by the 1970 National Energy Policies Act (NEPA) and the 1994 Executive Order on Environmental Justice. Yet plans only consider present and future actions without consistent regard for the ongoing implications of prior decisions for minoritized populations. While a national community …

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Right-Sizing Infrastructure and Reconnecting Communities

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Right-Sizing: Investment Strategies for Uncertain Times With rising costs of construction and labor and potential economic slowdown affecting transportation agency revenues, the idea of Right-Sizing transportation assets is essential to wise investments.  Right-Sizing is a process of updating the portfolio of transportation infrastructure to either (1) eliminate the preservation and life-cycle costs of designs or …

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Analyzing equity, safety & right-sizing “missing pieces” to win BIL grant funds

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Analysis of key topics needed to land piece of $500 billion transportation funding pie The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law authorizes more than $500 billion in federal spending over the next five years for new plans, projects and infrastructure to improve the quality of life and economic competitiveness in communities across the United States. Yet many communities …

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