Presentation: Flex Funding Basics
Green New Deal Network’s Giancarlo Valdetaro and Climate and Community Institute’s Emmett Hopkins walk us through the basic of flexing state DOT funding and introduce CCI’s flex funding tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX_LWEl3B6A How do we fund transportation? We fund transportation through laws like IIJA/BIL States receive “formula” funds for highways through a set of different programs Each […]
Transit Tuesday: Lisa Miller
I started working when I was 14. For decades, $9.66 an hour was the most I had ever made in my life. I’m far from the only Kansas City resident whose low wages required me to use the bus as my main mode of transportation.
It’s a lifeline for me and thousands of people in Kansas City. It’s how we get to work, to the doctor, to run errands, and live our daily lives.
Working Families Ride the Bus
Working families rely on public transit, whether they live and work in big cities, small towns, or rural communities. Read stories from workers across the country and see why they’re calling for more investment in transit infrastructure and jobs.
Transit Tuesday: Eric Moran
I live in North Minneapolis with my spouse and our 9-year-old child. I use public transit regularly, both on my own and with my family, to get to work, meet friends, attend concerts and sporting events, and run errands.
Transit Tuesday: Talia Orr
I’ve been riding public transit for decades, and it’s how I get everywhere I need to go.
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 […]
