Mitigating Harm Through Community-Based Ideas

In 2022, the Metropolitan Planning Council documented the equity and environmental harm that transportation infrastructure has historically caused in the Chicago region and sought community-generated ideas to mitigate those harms. The goal was to set a path for local agencies to apply for future grant opportunities. Audrey Wennink, Metropolitan Planning Council; Grace Chan, Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community; and Emma Jasinski, Design Trust Chicago discussed how to identify projects that communities want to advance and the process to do so.