The Center for Transportation Equity, Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD) at the University of Texas at Arlington welcomes you all to its first session of the CTEDD Lecture Series.

• Title: Equity Issues in Transportation
• Date: February 5, 2019
• Time: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
• Location: 300 W First St, Arlington,TX 76019 - San Saba and Palo Pinto, University Center, University of Texas at Arlington

Join as for an interesting panel discussion on transportation equity issues we face on a daily basis. If you're interested in a career in transportation, or have faced any issues with transportation in your area, then this is the event to attend. 

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The panel:

Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom: Dr. Sandra Rosenbloom is one of the nation's most visible and accomplished scholars of transportation planning. Her work on older adults in transportation, as well as issues of safety and gender equity in our cities, has been widely cited and applied to projects ranging from sidewalks to international airport terminals. She is internationally known for her scholarship on the transportation and community development implications of societal trends, particularly suburbanization, the aging of society, the increasing labor force involvement of women with children, and the growth of groups with special needs. She recently served as editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association, the most influential scholarly publication in her field. She is presently a Research Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and also serves as Director of the Infrastructure Initiative at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC.

Detra Whitmore: Detra Whitmore serves as Vice President of Administration at Trinity Metro, the public transit agency serving greater Fort Worth, Texas. She has over a decade of administrative experience with Trinity Metro, starting as an administrative assistant and working her way up to the senior leadership of a complex and rapidly-changing urban transit agency. As VP of Administration, she oversees the Administration, Planning & Development, and Customer Service departments. She also oversees the day-to-day administration of Trinity Metro, while also ensuring transparency as Trinity Metro’s Freedom of Information and Records Retention Officer. She also directs the planning of new routes, alterations of routes, and cost estimating that also includes identifying appropriate sites for new facilities and improving existing facilities. She is a certified Project Manager Professional.

Dr. James Wood: Dr. James Wood is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Transportation Equity, Decisions, and Dollars, based at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research focuses on issues of transit access and personal mobility among older adults and people with disabilities. He has also worked with elder-serving nonprofits on developing community-oriented transportation programs in suburban areas that lack traditional transit service. He is presently studying the issues of equitable bikeshare access, as well as the potential for innovative transportation providers (such as Uber, Lyft, and faith-based vanpool programs) in providing transportation services for vulnerable populations.