Quick Take: Union of Concerned Scientists report: Freedom to Move (Part iV)
Members of Congress, especially those on key committees, need to hear from communities themselves about the importance of more transportation options, accountability to communities for climate and equity in decisionmaking, and community voice in transportation decisionmaking.
Quick Take: Union of Concerned Scientists report: Freedom to Move (Part III)
Science-based policies that prioritize more transportation choices align with community-based solutions where local advocates have long fought for a transportation system that prioritizes people over industry interests.
Quick Take: Union of Concerned Scientists report: Freedom to Move (Part II)
Auto and oil industries have a vested interest in car dependence, currently receive more than 75 percent of the public transportation spending, and have lobbied for decades to prioritize cars over a more complete and affordable set of transportation options.
Quick Take: Union of Concerned Scientists report: Freedom to Move (Part I)
More transportation options such as transit, walking, and biking are good for the environment, the economy, and social equity.
Transit Tuesday: Parker Seaman
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Move MN – Growing up in a small town of about 500 people in South Dakota, getting around always meant driving. But after moving to Minneapolis in the spring of 2019, I realized how different life could be without a car. Now, I use public transit and my bike to get where I […]
Transit Tuesday: Shandi Edgecombe
Nashville, Tennessee, Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee — So much of what makes me who I am is rooted in public transit and travel.
Transit Tuesday: Noah Hull
Oahu, Hawaii, America Walks – I’vev spent my whole life on the island of Oahu, Hawaii and I’ve used public transit to get around since I was a college student.
Transit Tuesday: Liz Engle
Denver Streets Partnership, Denver, Colorado – It’s long past time that Members of Congress stop investing in a car-dependent transportation system and start making significant investments in public transit that gets people where they need to go.
Quick Take: Project 2025 is Donald Trump & the Republicans’ policy roadmap for our future on a wide array of issues, including public transportation.
Project 2025 calls for the elimination of funding for the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) core formula programs and its discretionary Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program.” Eliminating these funding streams would harm transit authorities’ ability to do regular and essential maintenance to ensure that our transit systems run smoothly and are safe.
Transit Tuesday: John Worthington
St. George, Utah – United Today, Stronger Tomorrow I grew up in small town, Grantsville, in Northern Utah. I’ve had a blessed life being able to live in several places around Utah from Logan to Provo to Cedar City. When I retired, my wife and I with our daughter decided to settle down in St. George. […]
