FTA Information Sessions: Proposed Title VI and Environmental Justice Circulars

FTA reuniones informativas: Círculos propuestos para el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964 y la Justicia Ambiental


FTA is proposing a revised Title VI Circular and a new Environmental Justice Circular. The Information Sessions are the Federal Transit Administration's efforts to reach out to transit agencies, community based organizations, and stakeholders to provide information about the two proposed circulars and answer clarifying questions.

Registration is free, but please answer the questions here so we know when and where you will be attending.

FTA está proponiendo un cambio al círculo del Título VI y un círculo nuevo para la Justicia Ambiental. Las reuniones informativas son el esfuerzo de FTA para comunicarle a las agencias de tránsito, a las organizaciones comunitarias y al público general. Las reuniones informativas ofrecen una oportunidad para informar y clarificar sobre los cambios a los círculos del Título VI y la Justicia Ambiental.

El registro es gratis pero por favor responda a las siguientes preguntas para que nosotros sepamos a dónde y cuándo atenderán a las reuniones informativas.

All information sessions will be held 6-9pm local time. (Todas las reuniones informativas ocurrirán entre las 6 y las 9pm, hora local).

Schedule:
Kansas City, MO - October 18, 2011
Location: Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, 1200 E. 18th St., Kansas City, MO 64108
Boston, MA - November 1, 2011
Location: "The Transportation Building," 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116
Detroit, MI - November 3, 2011
Location: Considine Center, 8904 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
San Francisco Bay Area, CA - November 14, 2011
Location: Ed Roberts Campus (fragrance free), 3075 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA 94703
Atlanta, GA - November 17, 2011
Location: MARTA Headquarters, Atrium, 2424 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30324. Take the North Line to Lindbergh rail station; MARTA is directly across the street.

Please download these two one-page papers-- Proposed Title VI Circular and Proposed Environmental Justice Circular-- that explain what we will be discussing at the listening session and take a moment to review these papers before the meeting.

For up-to-date and specific location address for each city, please continue to check www.fta.dot.gov.

Register Here

Comment
In order to make a formal comment to the dockets for the Environmental Justice circular or for the Title VI circular please use the instructions below. For the Environmental Justice circular, you may submit comments to DOT Docket ID Number FTA-2011-0055 by going to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments. For the Title VI circular, you may submit comments to DOT Docket ID Number FTA-2011-0054 by going to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

For more information, contact:
Lauren Baczewski, Wilson & Associates, 850-514-5183