Equity
New Report Flags Structural Racism In Transportation Planning

City Councilors Michelle Wu (at podium) and Ed Flynn (behind, to the right) stand with Chinatown social justice advocates at a press conference on the disparate impacts of air pollution from traffic to communities of color on Thursday, June 27, 2019.
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