Why Community Empowerment is the Greatest Innovation in Transportation

Hana works on the development and implementation of policies and programs leading to clean mobility and climate resilience investments that will benefit low-income communities of color. She was the lead author of the Mobility Equity Framework, a tool that can be used to maximize equity outcomes and community engagement in transportation planning and decision-making. Hana was also the lead author of Clean Mobility Equity: A Playbook, a report outlining best practices, lessons learned and recommendations for advancing equity while decarbonizing the transportation sector.

Lusanda Madikizela an Urban and Transportation Planner, with over two decades of experience in Transport Infrastructure development, Transport policy and regulation, Public Transport Operations (Bus and Informal Transport) and Zero Emission Buses. She is currently the global manager and coordinator of the Zero Emission Freight programme, an initiative aimed at advancing the deployment of electric freight vehicles and the corresponding infrastructure across selected cities in Latin America and India. Lusanda has a degree In Urban and Regional Planning and a Masters in Urban Management, both from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

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Lina Quiñones is a practitioner, researcher and consultant on urban transport. She has worked, from the public and private sector, on issues including strengthening data-based policy, advancing towards more equitable fare schemes, providing inclusive and quality public spaces, environmental impacts of transport policies, promotion of cycling and walking and women’s experience in public spaces. She holds two bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Engineering and Economics from Universidad de los Andes, as well as a MSc in Urbanisation and Development from the London School of Economics.