Listen "Episode 4: Transit Deserts and Neighborhood Equity, with Dr. Diane Jones Allen"
Episode Synopsis
This episode focuses on the work of Dr. Diane Jones Allen of UT-Arlington, a leading scholar in the emerging field of transit deserts. Dr. Allen is an experienced designer who specializes in infrastructure and park designs for urban neighborhoods in the Southeastern United States, and she is also a visible scholar on issues of racial and socioeconomic equity in placemaking. She and host James Wood discuss her book "Lost in the Transit Desert: Race, Transit Access, and Suburban Form," and explore some of the challenges facing vulnerable communities in Texas.