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Education equity scholarship frequently treats “choice” as equity enhancing without confronting unequal transportation resources and infrastructure. 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This work largely elides issues related to youth and student travel. Existing work on school trip mode choice does not engage deeply with the equity implications of its findings. Education equity researchers identify the abstract notion of choice as equity enhancing, but do not engage with the realities of disparate transportation resources and infrastructure. In this review essay, we articulate the contours of transportation equity, youth travel, and school choice research. We use emerging perspectives on “mobility justice” to frame the issues and provide vocabulary that can help bring education and transportation together in planners’ everyday work.  \nTakeaway for Practice  \nA “mobility justice” framework encourages critical thought and action to address the root causes of inequities. Our conclusions make three contributions to research and practice: (1) challenging school district leaders to think about choice systems designed for access to schools, not just access to information about available options; (2) clarifying the broader implications of school choice by refusing to look away from the racial implications of forecasts; and (3) elucidating the need for a regional perspective.  \nKeywords  \ntransportation equity, education equity, school choice, accessibility, mobility justice  \nAbout the Author(s)  \nAriel H. Bierbaum ([bierbaum@umd.edu](bierbaum@umd.edu)) is an assistant professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Maryland, College Park @arielbphd (corresponding author)  \nAlex Karner ([alex.karner@utexas.edu](alex.karner@utexas.edu)) is an assistant professor of Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin @AlexKarner  \nJesus M. Barajas ([barajasj@illinois.edu](barajasj@illinois.edu)) is an assistant professor of Urban and Regional Planning at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign @jmbarajas  \nAcknowledgements  \nThe authors thank the blind reviewers, Rand Quinn, Lauren J. Bierbaum, and participants of the 2019 Exploring the Intersections of Transportation Justice and School Travel Research Roundtable.  \nThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal ofthe American Planning Association on September 16, 2020, available online: [https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2020.1803104](https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2020.1803104)  \nTowards Mobility Justice: Linking Transportation and Education Equity in the Context of School Choice  \nAriel H. Bierbaum, Alex Karner, and Jesus M. Barajas  \nIntroduction  \nAcross the United States, school districts are increasingly turning away from traditional neighborhood schools and implementing policies that provide families with choices outside their residential location. In many cases, these school choice policies aim to increase access to highquality education and achieve education equity. This shift has profound but underappreciated implications for student travel behavior that vary by location and for different demographic groups. Transportation equity research examines these types of outcomes but has engaged little with student travel. In this review essay, we bring together these two disconnected areas of scholarship to highlight gaps in each field that must be addressed to achieve equity in both domains and to draw out implications for practitioners. We use emerging perspectives on“mobility justice” to frame the issues and provide vocabulary that brings education and transportation together in planners’ everyday work.  \nThree interrelated research and practice factors motivate our effort. 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