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The submission deadline is February 1, 2022. The special issue scope and submission instruction can be found here: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transportation-research-part-d-transport-and-environment/call-for-papers/call-for-papers-on-special-issue-transportation-and-environmental-racism Below is the Call for Papers topic information: The transport profession has played a substantial role in shaping the built environment and the lives of residents but often in ways that disadvantage some people by race or ethnicity. Similarly, policies that govern urban form influence how transport professionals provide infrastructure and services that too frequently hold back the potential of people who, because of their racial or ethnic identities, disproportionately face more environmental harms, endure fewer benefits, or are left out of the decision process. The relationship between the environment and racism brought a renewed appreciation for transport’s role in perpetuating inequities from various parts of the world (see for example, Social Exclusion Unit, 2003 and Bullard, et. al., 1997). Unfortunately, many cities and places continue to impose unequal benefits and burdens on people by race and ethnicity, stemming from unjust outcomes or unequal access to decision making in the transport sector. Given the renewed attention and action concerning the consequences of racism in cities and places throughout the world, we are pleased to announce a virtual special issue aimed at better understanding and addressing how the environment interacts with race, racism, and racial injustice in the transport profession today. Following Bullard (1990), we take environmental racism to be any policy, practice, or directive that disadvantages people, groups, or communities based on race or ethnicity. This special issue seeks to advance policies and actions to help achieve the goal of improving justice in transport. We seek papers that address issues of racial and ethnic inequities from around the world like the following topics, and we especially welcome papers that highlight situations from the Global South. · Practical or innovative techniques to help ensure in transportation practice that racial and ethnic equity are accounted for in plans, infrastructure development, service provision, or planning decisions. · Examination of past or ongoing programs that damage neighborhoods through the way that transport professionals provide infrastructure and services. · New interpretations of historical events that influenced transportation infrastructure in ways that disadvantage people by race or ethnicity. · Documenting how the transport system continues to impose unfair environmental burdens on people by race or ethnicity, including vehicle emissions, noise, and safety hazards. · Investigations of the growing problem of racial inequities in road safety, especially for pedestrians and bicyclists. · Comparative analysis across nations, regions, or jurisdictions of transportation policies that have either harmed people or that show promise for mitigating past harms, or comparing conceptual frameworks (e.g., social exclusion, environmental justice, antiracism, capabilities approach) for understanding how current practice leads to inequities. · Demonstrating situations where people are under-represented in the transport profession in ways that affect policy decisions or outcomes that overlook or exacerbate inequities. · Analysis that offers insights into how to tailor approaches that substantively engage and empower under-represented people in the decision of transportation infrastructure. · Examples that offer new understandings of how under-represented people and their allies can organize to oppose damaging policies or plans, or case studies of transportation activism that address issues of environmental racism. · Analysis of how emerging transportation technologies and shared mobility services (e.g., ride-hailing services, bike sharing, scooters, and autonomous vehicles) might perpetuate inequities, and how public officials might anticipate and counteract any damaging trends with alternative policies. · Initiatives or approaches in public transport policy worldwide to recover from the global COVID-19 pandemic in ways that restore essential services for people All inquiries regarding this call for papers should be directed to guest editors: · Joe Grengs, University of Michigan, grengs@umich.edu · Lingqian Hu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, hul@uwm.edu

New research by Wild, Woodward, and Shaw has been published through Active Travel Studies that explores the role of bikes in increasing women's access to cycling and physical activity. The article is free to download through Active Travel Studies. Wild K., Woodward A. & Shaw C., (2021) “Gender and the E-bike: Exploring the Role of Electric Bikes in Increasing Women’s Access to Cycling and Physical Activity”, Active Travel Studies 1(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16997/ats.991