The National Campaign for Transit Justice and partner organizations sent the following letter to Ranking Member Rick Larsen of the House T&I Committee:
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Dear Ranking Member Larsen:
We saw your recent comments in Politico pushing back against the Trump Administration’s ill-advised plan to gut transit funding in next year’s surface transportation reauthorization bill and wanted to thank you for standing up for transit and the millions of people who depend on it every day to get to work, school, and around their community.
We greatly appreciate your work.
In addition to pushing back on the Administration’s plans to gut transit, we call on your leadership to champion transit, and support increased funding for transit– especially operations funding–in the reauthorization bill.
As you know, the lack of operations funding has led many transit agencies across the country to face fiscal cliffs, putting many on the brink of dramatic service reductions and impacting riders who rely on transit to get to work, access services, and stay connected.
As the reauthorization bill moves through your committee, we look forward to working with you to not only maintain federal commitment to transit, but to build on it.
Sincerely,
The National Campaign for Transit Justice, LeeAnn Hall
SEIU 775, Adam Glickman
IAM Union Rail Division, Josh Hartford
Drivers Union, Peter Kuel
PeopleFirst Snohomish Co, Mike Gantala
Snohomish County Transportation Coalition, Brock Howell
Tacoma On the Go, Laura Svancarek
Move Redmond, Kelli Refer
Communities for Our Colleges, Fernando Mejia-Ledesma
Transportation Choices Coalition, Kirk Hovenkotter
Nondrivers Alliance, Anna Zivarts
Transit Trekker/Downshift Outdoors, Kimberly Huntress-Inskeep
Native Organizers Alliance, Judith LeBlanc
Native Organizers Alliance Action Fund, Judith Le Blanc
Eva Gantala, Constituent and member of 775
Saul Alarcon, Constituent
America Walks, Mike McGinn
Transportation for America, Beth Osborne
Climate and Community Institute, Emmett Hopkins
League of American Bicyclists, Caron Whitaker
National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), Josh Naramore
Natural Resources Defense Council, Shruti Vaidyanathan
Sierra Club, Katherine Garcia
National Council on Independent Living, Jessica Podesva
10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, Stacie Reidenbaugh
1000 Friends of Wisconsin, Trevor Roark
A Just Harvest, David Zoltan
Activate St Pete, Max McCann
Active Transportation Alliance, Amy Rynell
Alabama Arise, Robyn Hyden
Americans for Health, Charles Chamberlain
Better Eugene-Springfield Transportation (BEST), Rob Zako
Bike Cleveland, Jacob VanSickle
Bike Durham, John Tallmadge
Bike Walk Bartlett (IL), Terry Witt
BikeLA, Eli Akira Kaufman
Bikemore, Jed Weeks
Cambridge Bicycle Safety, Christopher Cassa
Car-Lite Long Beach, Kurt Canfield
CASA, Patrick Giuliani
Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, Brian O’Malley
Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund, Quentin Scott
Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Robert Kraig
City of Wheat Ridge, District 2, Councilmember Rachel Hultin
Clean Air Council, Nick Zuwiala-Rogers
Clean Power Lake County, Mayra Mendez
Climate Organizing Hub, Renata Pumarol
ClimatePlan, Lesley Beatty
Coalition Against the Mid-States Corridor, Mark Nowotarski
Coalition for Economic Justice, Jamal Davis
Coalition for Smarter Growth, Stewart Schwartz
Conservation Law Foundation, Paulina Muratore
Democracy for America Advocacy Fund, Charles Chamberlain
Denver Streets Partnership, Jill Locantore
Detroit People’s Platform, Renard Monczunski
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Carol Tyson
Earth Day Mobile Bay, Inc., Gary Gover
Earthjustice Action, Anne Clement
East Coast Greenway Alliance, Niles Barnes
East Metro Strong, William Schroeer
Elmhurst Bicycle Club, Jason Jarrett
Elmont Cultural Center, Mimi Pierre Johnson
Environmental Justice Ministry of Cedar Lane UU Congregation, Nanci Wilkinson
Falcons Club International, Felicia Clayborne
Families For Safe Streets New Jersey, Sangeeta Badlani
ForeverGreen Trails, Larry Leveen
Friends of Caltrain, Adina Levin
GObike Buffalo, Justin Booth
GreenLatinos, Andrea Marpillero-Colomina
Grow Smart Rhode Island, John Flaherty
HollywoodDemocrats.com PAC, Charles Chamberlain
Institute for Policy Studies Climate Policy Program, Basav Sen
Law Office of Dennis M Grzezinski, Dennis Grzezinski
LINK Houston, Cherrelle Duncan
Local Motion, Christina Erickson
Madison Area Bus Advocates, Susan De Vos
Mainers for Smarter Transportation, Myles Smith
Make the Road New Jersey, Nedia Morsy
Metropolitan Planning Council, Audrey Wennink
Missouri Public Transit Association, Kimberly Cella
Mobility and Access Collaborative at The Funders Network, Martha Roskowski
MOSES Action, Ponsella Hardaway
MountainTrue, Susan Bean
Move California, Eli Lipmen
Move LA, Eli Lipmen
MOVE Ohio, Akshai Singh
Neighbors for Clean Air, Mary Peveto
New Yorkers for Transportation Equity, Elizabeth Oh
Nikhil Badlani Foundation, Sangeeta Badlani
One Fair Wage, Fekkak Mamdouh
OPAWL – Building AAPI Feminist Leadership, Tessa Xuan
Oregon Walks, Zachary Lauritzen
Our Streets, Joe Harrington
Park Ridge (IL) Cycling, Andrew Campbell
Parks & Trails New York, Dylan Carey
People First, Trish Respailie
Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA (PCAC), Brian Fritsch
Philadelphia Solar Energy Association, Liz Robinson
Philly Transit Riders Union, Nat Lownes
Pittsburghers for Public Transit, Laura Chu Wiens
Planning and Conservation League, Matthew Baker
PSOB Bike Committee, Marsha Hanchrow
Reconnect Rochester, Cody Donahue
Reno + Sparks Chamber of Commerce, Ann Silver
Respiratory Health Association, Brian Urbaszewski
Ride Illinois, Dave Simmons
Riders Alliance, Danny Pearlstein
Safe Routes Partnership, Marisa Jones
Santaoyala Consultores y Asociados, Gonzalo Contreras Pfäfflin
Save Point Transportation Inc, David Zaniewski
Seamless Bay Area, Kaleo Mark
SELC, Garrett Gee
SEPA Mujer, Inc., Martha Maffei
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, Matt Frommer
SPUR, Sebastian Petty
Streamwood Biking, Mikie Swier
Streets For All, Michael Schneider
StreetsPAC, Eric McClure
Sunrise Movement KC, Anthony Cunningham
Sustain Charlotte, Shannon Binns
TakeItBack.Org, Charles Chamberlain
The Street Trust – Oregon, Sarah Iannarone
The Transit Coalition, Bart Reed
Together for Brothers, Baruch Campos
Transbay Coalition, Carter Lavin
Transform, Abibat Rahman-Davies
Transit Columbus, Stevie Pasamonte
Transit For All PA, Connor Descheemaker
Transit Forward Philadelphia, Stephen Bronskill
Transportation Alternatives, Elizabeth Adams
Transportation Riders United, Megan Owens
Tri-State Transportation Campaign, Talia Crawford
Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of Illinois, Rev. Scott Aaseng
Unite North Metro Denver, Fran Aguirre
Urban Habitat, Bob Allen
Virginia Organizing, Brian Johns
Wauwatosa Commission for Persons with Disabilities, BJ Ermenc, Commissioner
Wisconsin Disability Advocacy Team, Felicia Clayborne
Womxn From The Mountain, Renée M Chacon