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To Rebuild or Not to Rebuild: Infrastructure and Environmental Justice

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On the affirmative obligation to address past discrimination: When it's time to reconstruct infrastructure, can we address exclusionary design that was put in place 50-60 years ago? How does what we know now about the need for connectivity change how we might choose to reinvest in or update our infrastructure in the future?

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Naomi Stein

Naomi Stein

Naomi Stein is a Planning and Policy Analyst at EDR Group, where she researches the economic development implications of transportation projects, programs, and policies.  She has specific expertise in transportation and land use planning, market access, high-speed rail, and urban design. She is particularly interested in assessing and quantifying the role transportation plays in providing access to opportunities distributed within geographic space.  Her work at EDR Group includes transportation, economic, and policy analysis of a wide variety of passenger and freight transportation issues.

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