El Monte & South El Monte Community Transportation Needs Assessment
Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program
Community Transportation Needs Assessment
ActiveSGV | El Monte & South El Monte Community Transportation Needs Assessment
Project Details
Active San Gabriel Valley’s (ActiveSGV) needs assessment’s grant term ran from October 2020 to July 2021. ActiveSGV used a multi-pronged, multilingual approach to engage and empower residents of the project area to meaningfully participate in the needs assessment process. The first phase of the project focused on educating community members about clean mobility options to build their capacity to identify local transportation challenges, needs, and priority solutions. The second phase focused on administering assessment tools and collecting data. Through this approach, ActiveSGV collected 314 surveys and met with 49 community members individually and in groups. Given the challenges with in-person engagement because of COVID-19, the community engagement approach involved digital engagement, online presentations and workshops, text banking, and direct mail.
Project Outcomes
Funding Details
Voucher Total: $50,000
Community Engagement Activities
- 4 Community event presentations
- 1 Pop-up event
- 2 Focus groups
- 2 Community input meetings
- 6 Project newsletters
- 9,000 Multilingual program flyers printed and mailed to residents
- 6,000 Text messages sent to residents
Community Details
The project focused on Spanish and Chinese speaking residents, older adults, and families in the disadvantaged communities of El Monte and South El Monte. The communities of El Monte and South El Monte have high rates of obesity, poor air quality, low-income levels, polluted water basins, low access to healthy food, high rates of physical inactivity, and a scarcity of recreational open space. According to the US Census Bureau, El Monte’s demographic makeup is 66% Hispanic/Latino, 29% Asian-Pacific Islander, 4% White alone, and 2% two or more races. South El Monte’s demographic makeup is 84% Hispanic/Latino, 13% Asian-Pacific Islander, 3% White alone, and 2% two or more races. Median household income (MHI) is $38,085 in El Monte and $44,651 in South El Monte (statewide MHI is $63,000), with Hispanic/Latino residents disproportionately living below the poverty line.