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J <br /> These goals apply to the region's transit corridors collectively, and do not suggest a specific desired <br /> outcome forany-individual-transit-c her;fatly attail ilig these-goals wilt-require-new <br /> tools, resources, and subsidies beyond those that exist today. <br /> Increase access to opportunity for existing and future residents of transit communities. <br /> Adopted regional policy recognizes the need to address the diverse housing, transportation and <br /> economic needs of current and future residents so that all people may prosper as the region grows. <br /> This requires special attention to communities that lack access to transportation choices, quality <br /> schools, and other social and physical neighborhood components that allow community members to <br /> thrive and succeed. <br /> In order to more equitably meet the needs of all residents of the region, the signatories to this <br /> Compact will strive to: <br /> • Improve access to opportunity in the transit corridors through targeted investments that meet the <br /> needs of residents and businesses in communities with limited access to opportunity, targeted <br /> affordable housing investments in communities with good access to opportunity, and transit <br /> connections linking areas with good access to opportunity and areas with limited access to <br /> opportunity. <br /> • Use a full range of community engagement strategies to increase the involvement of diverse and <br /> historically under-represented groups in transit community development, empower communities <br /> to influence decisions at all levels of government, and ensure opportunities for participation <br /> throughout decision-making processes. <br /> In order to maximize this historic opportunity, show regional leadership, and act as a national model of how diverse <br /> stakeholders can make transformative decisions that advance a region's goals for its people, its prosperity, and the <br /> planet, the signatories to this Compact pledge to work individually and collaboratively toward the goals described <br /> above, and toward the implementation of the Growing Transit Communities Strategy, as appropriate to each <br /> jurisdiction and organization. PSRC will periodically convene representatives of Compact signatories as an Advisory <br /> Committee to evaluate the region's progress over time toward achieving equitable transit communities. PSRC's <br /> regional monitoring program will track progress of implementing and achieving the goals described in this compact. <br /> Growing Transit Communities Compact I August 23, 2013 6 <br /> 21 <br />