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Berg, Amber 2020-04-06T19:24:28Z 2020-04-06T19:24:28Z 2020-05-01 May https://hdl.handle.net/2097/40374 Equity is a long-recognized concern within the transportation sector, but there are no requirements for municipalities to address equity and no clear guidance for how to do so. This paper reviews fifteen pedestrian master plans to assess the equity considerations and to derive a tripartite framework for systematically incorporating equity into transportation plans: The Three A’s of Equity. This framework consists of Acknowledgement, the recognition of equity as a value; Accountability, the establishment of a commitment to advance equity; and Application, the steps to move toward equity. The research evaluates the existing plans using the proposed framework and finds that cities inconsistently incorporate equity into pedestrian plans, seldom include Accountability, and rarely include race in their equity considerations. The application of the Three A’s of Equity is not restricted to PMPs and is recommended for all transportation plan types to thoroughly incorporate equity and influence more equitable plan outcomes. Federal Highway Administration Master of Regional and Community Planning Masters Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning Gregory L. Newmark en_US Kansas State University © the author. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Equity Pedestrian master plan Transportation plan Disparities Municipal plan Project prioritization Incorporating equity into transportation plans: the case of pedestrian master plans Incorporating equity into pedestrian master plans Report open.access