Mobilizing Justice: COVID-19 and Equitable Transportation - City Research Insights

City Research Insights: Mobilizing Justice: COVID-19 and Equitable Transportation 9 PEOPLE: How the Pandemic Altered the Transportation Needs of, and the Barriers Faced by, People with Different Lived Experiences COVID-19 also compounded the social and economic The pandemic has disproportionately impacted many challenges facing newcomers, as well as their mobility people with different lived exper. [...] For older adults reliant on public transit, the loss of public transportation services has meant increased risk of social isolation and loneliness due to the lack of safe travel options and the fear of exposure to COVID-19. [...] steven.farber@utoronto.ca How would you like your report to be taken up by policymakers? What is the first change that you would hope they’d make? Steve: One of the goals of the Mobilizing Justice project is to create a community of best practice around equity and transportation planning and to use that momentum to learn from each other. [...] A living laboratory, the School leverages urban data and lived experience to improve policy and decision-making, and collaborates with communities around the world to make cities and urban regions more sustainable, prosperous, inclusive, and just. [...] About City Research Insights Mobilizing Justice: COVID-19 and Equitable Infrastructure is the fifth in our series of City Research Insights, designed to link the urban research being conducted at the University of Toronto with the public, other institutions, and decision-makers.