Now, it’s Midday on Transportation. Dr. Lawrence Brown of Morgan State University coined the phrase “The Black Butterfly and the White L” to describe the boundaries between Black and White neighborhoods in Baltimore, and the socio-economic disparities between them.

A new reporton transit equity shows environmental and public health impacts within those boundaries as well.

In short, a poorly designed and poorly functioning mass transit system creates problems that include, but also transcend, people having trouble getting to and from work and school. So, let’s examinewhat those problems are, and how best to address them.

Tom's next guests are co-authors of the study that examines transit equity and its correlation to public health in Baltimore.

Dr. Megan Weil Latshaw is an associate scientist in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Samuel Jordan is the co-founder and president of the Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition.

They both join us on Zoom. We welcome questions ands comments from our listeners.

Now, it&rsquo;s Midday on Transportation.&nbsp;Dr. Lawrence Brown of Morgan State University coined the phrase &ldquo;The Black Butterfly and the White L&rdquo; to describe the boundaries between Black and White neighborhoods in Baltimore, and the socio-economic disparities between them.
<a href="https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/transit-equity-environmental-health-baltimore">A new report</a> on transit equity shows environmental and public health impacts within those boundaries as well.
In short, a poorly designed and poorly functioning mass transit system creates problems that include, but also transcend, people having trouble getting to and from work and school. So, let&rsquo;s examine what those problems are, and how best to address them.
Tom's next guests are co-authors of the study that examines transit equity and its correlation to public health in Baltimore.
<a href="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/1708/megan-weil-latshaw">Dr. Megan Weil Latshaw</a> is an associate scientist in the <a href="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/departments/environmental-health-and-engineering">Department of Environmental Health and Engineering</a> at the <a href="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/">Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/equity_transit">Samuel Jordan</a> is the co-founder and president of the <a href="https://www.moretransitequity.com/">Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition.</a>
They both join us on Zoom. We welcome questions ands comments from our listeners.

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Monday-Friday from noon-1:00, Tom Hall and his guests are talking about what's on your mind, and what matters most to Marylander's, the latest news, local and national politics, education and the environment, popular culture and the arts, sports and science, race and religion, movies and medicine. We welcome your questions and comments. E-mail us at <a href="mailto:midday@wypr.org">midday@wypr.org</a>

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