Transit Tuesday: Jonathon Haven
Chicago, IL Nationwide public transit investment is an investment in all Americans – urbanites, suburbanites, and, yes, even rural communities. I say this as someone who has lived in each of these types of life. Though I currently live in Chicago, I grew up in the small town of Saint Joseph just outside of the […]
Transit Tuesday: Elaine Barthel
Buffalo, NY: Coalition for Economic Justice I grew up in Niagara Falls, and I have lived in Buffalo for a while now. I am a substitute teacher and work in a school in North Buffalo. I grew up taking buses and took good transit in Chicago, San Francisco, New York City, and cities in other […]
Transit Tuesday: Dawna Bell
Portland, Oregon My name is Dawna Bell, and my parents live two hours away in West Olympia, Washington. None of us considered what it would be like to live out of town without access to a bus line as they aged. My parents are close to 90 and of a generation defined by their independence. […]
Transit Tuesday: Ken Miguel-Cipriano
Grand Rapids, MI: Transportation Riders United I have lived in Grand Rapids since 1990 when my family moved here from Peru. Public transit is how my parents got around in Peru and how we got from place to place when we moved to Michigan. In fact, my dad still bikes, walks, and takes the bus. […]
Transit Tuesday: Shelly Neal, Ed.S.
Miami, Floirda – Transit Alliance Miami When I think about public transportation, I think about my grandmother. One day in 1976, she decided that it was important that I learn how to ride the bus, which she took nearly every day to her job as a maid in a Washington, DC hotel. Pretty quickly, I […]
Transit Tuesday: Loreen Theveny
Santa Rosa, CA – Genesis, A Gamaliel Affiliate of the Bay Area I was born in Southern California but have been living in the Bay area since I was nine years old. I was raised by a single mom. She worked as a secretary, and we didn’t have a lot of money. Because my mom […]
Moving Transit Forward National Sign-on Letter
We offer our full support of Senators Van Hollen and Fetterman’s “Moving Transit Forward Act.” The bill will provide greater quality transit to communities across the country.
Transit Tuesday: Peter Polikapenko
Syracuse, NY – Syracuse United Neighbors I am 73 years old and retired after a 31-year career as an administrator in the Syracuse City School District. I grew up and still live in the house where I was born on the south side of the city of Syracuse. I was part of a large family, […]
Transit Tuesday: Kathryn Hall
Albuquerque, NM – Together for Brothers I am an active member of Together for Brothers in Albuquerque. I am proud to be part of an organization that helped push through zero fares and tries to make things better and safer for transit riders and bicyclists. I didn’t grow up in New Mexico but in 2018 […]
Transit Tuesday: Guerda Synal
New York, NY – The Elmont Cultural Center I am new to the country and have lived in the Elmont community for one year. I am married and have two children, a six-year-old girl and a seven-month-old girl. We left Haiti because of unrest and violence. I don’t speak English very well yet. I want […]
