Advocacy
Here is information on how to advocate for change, as well as opportunities to connect with coalitions currently advocating for transportation policy change. How to: Advocating for Change Toolkit Advocating for Change provides an in-depth understanding of the advocacy process and offers detailed information about how to use it successfully to create better opportunities for people and the places where they live. Case studies throughout Advocating for Change provide examples of the positive outcomes that effective advocacy can deliver. For all the challenges that exist, advocates in cities across the nation have achieved great success in securing improved policies and practices and moving their interests forward. Some advocates have been doing this work for years; others have only recently begun. All have relied on one or more of the advocacy strategies discussed in this manual as a vehicle for change. Access the full toolkit: http://www.policylink.org/AdvocatingForChange/
This tool focuses on how to implement Transit Oriented Development (TOD)* in a way that achieves equity goals. Across the country, equity advocates working in neighborhood groups, health organizations, organizing networks, nonprofit and private housing developers, local and regional governments, and transit agencies have engaged in the TOD process to ensure that current residents and businesses benefit. Their strategies and lessons learned are presented in the toolkit so that you can also advocate for equitable TOD. *TOD is a planning and design trend that seeks to create compact, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented communities located around new or existing public transit stations. Access the full toolkit here: Transit Oriented Development The first step in making change is to recognize the need for it. The second is to know how to make it happen. Advocating for Equitable Development describes the process of moving from recognition to resolution. Advocating for equitable development is nothing less than realizing democracy’s promise of full inclusion and participation in a just society. Advocating for Equitable Development demystifies the process for achieving economic and social equity in low-income communities and communities of color throughout the nation. Using case studies of equitable development advocacy campaigns from around the country, the manual offers support to everyone interested in making change happen.
The Great Communities Toolkit, developed by TransFORM, is a free listing of resources to help those advocating for sound transit station development. The toolkit was developed to help community groups shape Great Communities around transit, by helping them make sure these plans will result in neighborhoods of affordable homes, shops, accessible job centers, and community services. With this toolkit, you will have the tools to influence your city’s plans for neighborhoods near transit. Building the Line for Equity: Six Steps to Achieving Transit Oriented Development in
Opportunities: Transportation for Transportation for The campaign is on the move, marshaling other like-minded groups and resources together to bring about a better vision of The coalition’s platform includes the following:
Transportation for Is a broad based coalition of housing, business, environmental, public health, transportation, equitable development, and other organizations seeking to align transportation policies with an array of issues like economic opportunity, climate change, energy security, health, housing and community development. Is an organization working to create streets which accommodate all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists and those with disabilities. Is an organization guided by the National Committee for America 2050, a coalition of regional planners, scholars, and policy-makers to develop a framework for the nation's future growth. They are working to defining the corridors in America that are most appropriate for high-speed rail service is critical to the long-term success of America's high-speed rail program. This campaign works to provide children with active and safe means of commuting to school. Is a group working to empower dozens of communities to each advocate for $50 million in federal funds to make focused investments in infrastructure and programs to shift automobile trips to walking and biking. The campaign aims to double the federal investment in active transportation in the next reauthorization. The Transit Riders for Public Transportation Is a campaign pushing for strong investment is public transportation and other policies that serve transit dependent populations and promote equity. The American Public Health Association APHA has been deeply involved in advocating for healthy transportation policies and educating health practitioners of the role transportation plays in health. Is a group that brings together local and state grassroots coalitions from across the nation to promote transportation justice. |