Without thoughtful implementation, emerging transportation technologies may be cost-prohibitive for lower income households, people with disabilities, and municipalities with fewer fiscal resources. On the other hand, in combination with continued support for public transit, technology for shared mobility and automated vehicles has the potential to enhance mobility for lower income residents, seniors, and people with disabilities and to improve access to jobs, healthcare, and other essential destinations. Making inclusive growth a cornerstone from the very outset of policy development for emerging technologies can help leverage them to reduce rather than increase inequities of access to transportation. Communities with limited resources will be less able to anticipate and respond to changing land use and traffic patterns caused by evolving transportation technologies. They may also be less able to purchase sensor, communication, and data processing equipment that could allow them to reap the benefits of new technology. Unless transportation implementers consciously include disabled users, seniors, and low-income communities in pilot projects and early implementation phases, technologies are unlikely to meet these communities’ needs. For example, without careful planning, AVs could exacerbate an existing trend: Congestion patterns lead to increased vehicle speeds in disinvested( A persistent, long-term lack of market investment, measured by a long term loss of jobs, low levels...Read more) communities on roads that were originally designed to accommodate higher volumes of slower vehicles, now making them increasingly difficult and dangerous for bicyclists and pedestrians to navigate. Failure to ensure vehicle accessibility at the outset can prevent communities with the most to gain in improved mobility and independence from using new services, and require companies to make costly retrofits. At the same time, innovative technologies could reduce the need for car ownership, decrease household and municipal transportation expenses, attract new investment to disinvested areas with transit access, and provide a wider range of transportation options for residents of economically disconnected communities. Action 1 Help communities identify the potential benefits and pitfalls of new technologies with regard to economic competitiveness, affordable mobility, accessibility, and local quality of life. Implementers CMAP Action 2 Develop guidance to ensure that any partnerships with private mobility services provide clear public benefits, are accessible to people with disabilities, and include protections for low-income communities against sudden changes in the private market. Implementers RTA and CMAP Action 3 Play a leadership role to identify deficiencies and gaps in the transportation network for economically disconnected communities and people with disabilities, and work with communities, riders, and public transit agency and private sector partners to identify solutions. Implementers CMAP Action 4 Ensure that disinvested communities are not adversely impacted by or excluded from improvements intended to facilitate new transportation options. Implementers IDOT, counties, and other transportation agencies