Closing The Gap On Transportation: ‘Just Sustainabilities’ In Cities

Aerial Photo of Railway Lines
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Aerial Photo of Railway Lines
Leon Macapagal / Pexels

Closing The Gap On Transportation: ‘Just Sustainabilities’ In Cities

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Professor Julian Agyeman originated a concept called “Just sustainabilities,” which argues that “who can belong in cities will determine what cities can become.” Agyeman joins Reset to discuss how transit justice fits into his concept of cities and equitable city life.

GUEST: Julian Agyeman, professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University; author of numerous books, including Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World and Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities