Transportation systems are crucial for the social and economic wellbeing of our society and our communities, and they are also major sources of environmental burden and inequity. This study analyzed the distribution of transportation-related burdens (e.g., pollution) and benefits (e.g., transit access) across the six New England states and the relationship of these burdens and benefits to priority populations. The goal is to provide guidance on policy recommendations for transportation investments that promote social and environmental equity and mitigate or prevent disparities and inequities in access to benefits and exposure to burdens.
These files contain the raw R code used to process, clean, and analyze the data, as well as to produce tables, charts, maps, and pdf reports using markdown. These are NOT self-contained or self-executing files. In order to reproduce the analyses you will need to acquire the data separately and adjust file paths accordingly.
To see the final reports, including online, interactive figures, visit http://dgl.salemstate.edu/luna/InvestingForEquity/NE/
Please direct questions, comments, or suggestions to Marcos Luna at [email protected]