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416 - Will President Biden's Infrastructure Bill Address the Historical Legacy of Racist Transportation Policies?
Season 5 · Episode 416

416 - Will President Biden's Infrastructure Bill Address the Historical Legacy of Racist Transportation Policies?

Public Health On Call

January 10, 202216m 56s

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Show Notes

For decades, infrastructure policies harmed communities of color. New highways displaced residents through eminent domain, public transit systems were left in disrepair, and urban construction projects often catered to wealthier families. Andrea McDaniels, Director of Communications for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, talks with Professor Keshia Pollack Porter of the Bloomberg School about how President Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure plan has the potential to rectify many of these inequities, some of the challenges of the federal law, and how infrastructure is intrinsically tied to health and well-being.