Salinas Community Transportation Needs Assessment
Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program
Community Transportation Needs Assessment
Ecology Action | Salinas Community Transportation Needs Assessment
Project Details
Ecology Action’s grant term ran from November 2020 to November 2021. The project established a collaborative and inclusive project framework to facilitate focused engagement and involvement of the targeted disadvantaged community members. The project involves a host of partners including Blue Zones and other community-service and health groups that serve low-income Salinas residents. Ecology Action used a variety of in-person and online community strategies to collect transportation needs survey responses from community members. Participants included disadvantaged residents of the targeted community, made up, in their majority, of Latinx, immigrant, and farm worker populations.
Project Outcomes
Funding Details
Voucher Total: $50,000
Community Engagement Activities
- 2-3 Community presentations
- Door-to-door
- Online survey collection
Community Details
The targeted disadvantaged community within Salinas is mainly Latinx with a large, young immigrant and farm worker population that is burdened by poverty, pollution, and lack of access to higher education. Historically, Salinas’s economy has been fueled by cultivation of the fertile soil of the Salinas Valley—referred to as the salad bowl of the world—which is the basis of a thriving agricultural industry. Unfortunately, the success of the farming industry has mainly enriched owners of agricultural businesses while farm laborers remain in low-paying, backbreaking, and seasonal work. Farm workers have limited opportunities for financial advancement and face many barriers, including language, scheduling availability, childcare, and (ironically) transportation to participate in transportation and community-planning processes.
Partners
Grantee
Project Partners
Contact
Amelia Conlen | (831) 515-1351 | Ecology Action
Gino Garcia | (831) 515-1351 | Ecology Action