Mariia Zimmerman
A Chat with USDOT’s Mariia Zimmerman
Last week, the mobility justice nonprofit Equiticity held its annual meeting, titled “Racial Equity in Motion: Exploring the Intersection of Transportation, Environmental Justice, and Public Health,” at Impact House, 200 W. Madison. Streetsblog Chicago has the highlights.
September 16, 2024
Turning the Queen Mary: A Conversation with HUD, Part II
How do three massive governmental bureaucracies (HUD, DOT, and EPA) nimbly change their approaches and procedures to work together on the Partnership for Sustainable Communities? How can communities ensure that transit-oriented development doesn’t end up pricing out existing residents? How can recipients of federal planning grants move from planning to implementation of livability strategies?
November 24, 2010
Livability and the GOP: A Conversation With HUD’s Mariia Zimmerman
Perhaps the Obama administration's greatest contribution to building more livable, less traffic-choked communities has been the new partnership between three agencies -- DOT, EPA, and HUD -- which are helping towns and cities grow more sustainably, using strategies from brownfield redevelopment to the provision of affordable housing along transit corridors. The agencies have collaborated to issue a series of grants to communities doing this work, but as the lower chamber of Congress shifts to Republican control, the funding for some of those programs is in question.
November 23, 2010
Ask the Candidates to Talk Transportation at Tomorrow’s Debate
We've noted throughout this election season that transportation policy is something of a third rail in presidential politics. Gas prices and auto industry jobs are irresistible fodder for campaign promises, but even the candidate who has decent ideas about rail travel and bike infrastructure doesn't mention transit on the stump. (The other one doesn't have much to say in the first place.)
October 14, 2008