Healthy Communities and Healthy Economies: A Toolkit for Goods Movement

The Healthy Communities and Healthy Economies toolkit is intended to be a starting point and source of ideas for how Southern California’s goods movement system (an important economic engine and source of jobs for the region) and the communities that are affected by the system can co-exist.

The toolkit was developed in partnership by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) and San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG – now SBCTA). Many people advised on the development of the toolkit as part of the Environmental Justice Analysis and Outreach Study from 2007–2009. A Technical Advisory Committee and multiple Community Feedback Groups from throughout Southern California who have experienced impacts from goods movement collaborated through a continuous feedback loop, reviewing the best data available about the benefits and burdens of goods movement, as well as the real-life experiences of all those involved.