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Vocabulary
Transit Equity 101
Data! Data! Data!
The Future of Transportation in Boston
Mixed Bag
100
_____________________ is about fairness & justice, not about having the same thing as someone else.
What is EQUITY
100
Who is most impacted by wretched public transportation?
What is Poor/Low-Income people/neighborhoods.
100
Who owns cars the most?
Who are white workers.
100
What is the name of the transportation plan for Boston?
What is GO BOSTON 2030.
100
What was the name of the discriminatory practice of denying loans/mortgages to minorities and segregating them to separate neighborhoods?
What is REDLINING
200
iPODS are ______________________. Nowadays people have smart phones that play movies/music so there is no need for a separate device.
What is ARCHAIC
200
What problems are impacting the infrastructure in our country?
What is highways are crumbling, bridges in need of repair, inadequate railways, and public transit.
200
Who travels to work by car the least?
What is Hispanic workers.
200
How much will this transportation plan cost the city?
What is 5 Billion dollars
200
Who were the immigrants in the FIRST WAVE of immigration to Boston?
Who are the IRISH
300
South Boston has experienced ______________________, most of the people who used to live there have had to move out because it is too expensive.
What is GENTRIFICATION
300
How does public transportation support Upward Mobility?
What is it helps people access jobs, school, healthcare, healthy food, etc.
300
What population of workers mostly carpools?
What is Hispanics
300
What problems does this new plan hope to address?
What is reduce the number of drivers on the road, investments in trains, buses, boats, bikes, etc.
300
What is the name of an event that consisted of the mass movement of African Americans/Black folks from the South moving to the North?
What is the GREAT MIGRATION
400
I went to college and was able to access _______________, I went from being poor to being middle class.
What is UPWARD MOBILITY
400
Why do Bike-Shares fail to service all people?
What is because you need a credit card to reserve them, not everyone has one. And, it is not affordable.
400
For those who bike to work, what does this mean/suggest about where these commuters live?
What is they live closer to their jobs and have money to own a bike.
400
How is does Climate Change impact transportation?
What is increasing sea levels = flooding of highways.
400
What is a current crisis impacting Bostonians?
What is INCOME SEGREGATION?
500
The school to prison pipeline is a _________________ problem.
What is SYSTEMIC
500
Why do Buses fail to service poorer commuters
What is they bypass stops/commuters, they breakdown, and they are in poor condition.
500
Why do Black commuters have much longer commute times vs. their white peers?
What is: they live father away from their jobs, they can't live close due to high rent, they do not have money to afford a car or gasoline for a car, or money for tolls, etc.
500
What problems did the YOUTH PASS address?
What is provide free/reduced access to public transportation without limits of time/fares.
500
What is CHAIN MIGRATION?
What is when migrants move to a city following migrants before them (ex: A migrant from Alabama moving to Boston and then their neighbors, friends, relatives, moving to Boston afterwards too).