Title VI Is Broken. Here’s How Transit Leaders Can Fix It.
“Making public transportation systems more equitable requires going beyond the status quo, and no policies better define the status quo than federal regulations known by transit insiders as ‘Title VI’, in honor of the relevant section of the Civil Rights Act. While many U.S. transit agency staff and leaders associate Title VI requirements with racial equity and social justice, these requirements do little to make transit more equitable. Rather, Title VI asks transit agencies not to let things get any worse, with no consideration or assessment of how equitable an existing transit system is today.”