Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice (TEEJ) Working Group
The Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice Advisory Group (TEEJAG), is an advisory body dedicated to providing feedback on current and future research conducted by the Climate Smart Transportation and Communities Consortium (CSCC). Funded by the Strategic Growth Council, the CSTACC is a multi-university initiative dedicated to leveraging existing knowledge on climate-smart transportation, strategically generating new research, and partnering with community based organizations, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, and the private sectors to apply this knowledge for maximum impact on public policy.
Transportation is responsible for almost half of GHG emissions in California, taking into account refinery emissions, and is a principal source of local air pollution (California Air Resources Board, 2016). Despite considerable progress, transportation-related environmental impacts remain substantial and fall disproportionately on the most vulnerable populations. The challenge for California is to reduce these impacts while meeting the mobility needs of society, fostering healthy and equitable communities, and supporting economic growth.
The TEEJAG includes leaders committed to social and environmental justice and reducing transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions in disadvantaged communities throughout California. It provides an open and ongoing forum for generating ideas, providing guidance on current and future research projects, sharing and discussing implications of research results, identifying future research needs, and developing best practices and policy strategies that put research findings into action.