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Smart Growth and Just Growth: the Quest for Equity in Transit-Oriented Development

Leaders from prominent Bay Area transportation and social justice organizations will discuss regional issues and visions for transit-oriented development that support social equity. Panelists include:

Catalina Garzon, Program Co-Director, Pacific Institute

Joel Ramos, Planner, TransForm

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Bob Allen, Director of Transportation Justice, Urban Habitat

Evelyn Stivers, Field Director, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern CA

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Margaret Gordon, Co-Founder, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project

The Bay Area population is projected to climb by about 2 million residents in the next 25 years, nearly all of them concentrated in areas. Hear about how transit-oriented development may be the best way to accommodate this influx of people and keep regional greenhouse gas emissions under control. 

Read more about this event at the Ecology Center website. 

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