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Towards Equitable Electric Mobility

We’re joining other groups across the country to advance racial and environmental justice through equitable electric mobility. more »

Transportation Equity Network

The Transportation Equity Network (TEN) is a coalition of community groups, equitable transportation advocates, civic organizations, and other... more »

RainReady®

RainReady helps individuals, businesses, and communities find solutions to the problem of urban flooding. more »

Evanston Green Homes retrofit sees partners work together and triple bottom line fall into place
March 26, 2025

  For homeowner Adam Blough, the March 2025 all-electric, nearly $60,000 retrofit his house received through the Evanston Green Homes program to help owners of affordable homes reduce greenhouse gas emissions is one sign among many of the historically Black community’s renaissance.   “This is the best place to be in Evanston,” Blough said during a tour he led recenltly for Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, Fifth Ward Alderman Bobby Burns, journalists from the Evanston Roundtable... Continue reading »

 

Featured Publication

Building Capacity and Connecting Communities

by CNT and members of the Transportation Equity Network (TEN)
November 21, 2022

Building Capacity and Connecting Communities provides a guidebook on how to best engage vulnerable communities in transportation knowledge and capacity-building. CNT partnered with six community-based organizations, all members of the Transportation Equity Network (TEN) and all representing the interests of community members who are often excluded in transportation decision-making. The organizations shared their approach to capacity and knowledge building. Common themes included experience and exposure as the best teachers, the importance of increasing transportation literacy, and using lived experiences to better understand projects.

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A Chicago Community Group Is Advancing EVs, Despite Federal Setbacks

Next City (first published by Canary Media) | March 21, 2025

The Bronzeville Community Development Partnership is working to foster clean transportation innovation in a historic hub for electric vehicles.
 
 

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