2020-2021: Year 1 Challenge

Research Challenge Executive Summary

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Scorecard 

The Inland Empire Scorecard aims to quantify and give a score to the cities' efforts on three aspects related to transportation in the Inland Empire. These three aspects are transportation, sustainability, and equity. The transportation section scores the safety and mobility options for users. These consider the jurisdiction's active transportation, transit, and personal vehicle usage. The existing transportation efforts of the region are assessed through its operational transportation plans, travel time to work, and vision of zero commitments. Click the image below to review the transportation, sustainability, and equity scorecards. 

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Literature Review on Transportation Equity, Sustainability, and Mobility in the Inland Empire

The literature review write-up describes transportation sustainability, equity, and mobility in its literary form. The write-up includes definitions, descriptions, and main topics related to transportation equity, sustainability, and mobility: cases from the Inland Empire. 

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Mobility Equity and Justice in the Inland Empire

The Mobility Equity and Justice Assessment aim at understanding travel times in the Inland Empire. The goal is generally set at a 30-minute commute to work sites or essential services. It is necessary to define mobility justice as a measure of equity in a transportation system.  Thus, one of the most important questions to answer is how much peoples' accessibility is dependent on cars in the Inland Empire.

The data for driving was gathered from ArcGIS Business Analyst software which simulated all possible places one can drive within 30 minutes and 15 minutes for all census tracts of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. Using data from Esri and Data Axle, the software calculated the number of businesses and employees one can reach within the simulated time. Transit data was provided by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), which similarly calculated the number of jobs that one can reach within a 30-minute transit ride. Using these data, the following report was created:

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Special acknowledgment to ESRI® team for their guidance and training throughout the research stages.

Six Panels to discuss Transportation Sustainability and Equity in the Inland Empire

Sustainability and equity in the transportation sector - Primary questions we would like to discuss are: 

- What do these terms mean to you from your professional perspective?  

- Do you see a movement to reach a more sustainable and equitable system?  

- If yes – provide details; if not – what can be done.

Perspectives on Transportation Equity and Sustainability: Voices from The Inland Empire

Oscar Corona is a recent graduate from UCR with a bachelor’s in philosophy. He was formerly an intern at the Office of Sustainability at UCR and a Carbon Neutrality Initiative Fellow where he focused on the subject of transportation. His favorite hobbies include playing music, board games and cruising around on his skateboard. As a resident of the IE he is excited to work on this research with the potential to help the transportation network of the area.

Vanessa Gonzalez holds a B.A. in Political Science and International Affairs from UC Riverside, as well as an M.A. in Social Science and Globalization from CSU San Bernardino. For the majority of her academic career she has focused on the politics that drive international relations. However, she recently has shifted that focus towards applying her analytical skills towards micro-level issues that affect local politics and communities. As a future educator and resident of the Inland Empire, Vanessa recognizes the importance of establishing equitable and sustainable transportation solutions for all in the region.

Marven Norman is an Inland Empire native and has spent many years traveling around the region by bike, bus, car, foot, and train. He has been more closely involved in bicycle and pedestrian advocacy for many years and takes an avid interest in sustainable transportation and urban design. As a graduate of the CSUSB MPA program, he is focused on good and effective government and brings a wealth of perspectives and viewpoints to the team in the search for answers to the issues which face our growing region.

Christian Lua is currently a proud CPP Bronco in his final year at Cal Poly Pomona as an urban and regional planning undergraduate and is the first in his family to attend a university. Born and raised in the Inland Empire, Christian has seen how the Inland Empire is growing and developing rapidly. With his other interests related to his current major like architecture, environmental studies, and policy, he hopes to bring his interests and utilize his planning background to the LTC research with his team. In the planning field, he has experience as an intern in public health planning with Riverside County’s Riverside University Health System (RUHS). He is currently an intern with the City of Anaheim working on projects with the departments of Community and Economic Development and Planning, and currently is the University Liaison with the American Planning Association – Inland Empire Section (IES-APA). In his free time, he enjoys hiking, going to the beach, playing soccer, and spending time with his friends and family.

Nicole Aquino is a fourth-year civil engineering student at Cal Poly Pomona interested in the transportation and traffic engineering industries. She is an active member of her campus community, serving as Cal Poly Pomona’s ASCE Vice President Internal and ITE Membership Chair. Nicole is also a Civil Engineering Intern at WSP USA where she works on rail projects, and she is looking forward to working as a Student Research Assistant at CSUSB’s Leonard Transportation Center and learning more about the transportation industry!