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. […]
Transit Tuesday: Jessica Dauphin
Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee – Bellevue, TN I grew up in Pegram which is southwest of Nashville and has a population of about 2,000 people. Growing up on a dirt road in a town that had no public transit really galvanized me in terms of thinking about mobility. I learned early on that if […]
Transit Advocates Call on Justice Department to Adopt Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way
In a letter to Assistant Attorney General Clarke, the National Campaign for Transit Justice and transit groups from across the country called on the Department of Justice to adopt the Accessibility Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities in the Public Right-of-Way (PROWAG). The full text of the letter can be found below. Dear Assistant Attorney General Clarke: […]
Transit Tuesday: George Bond
Lexiington, KY I have lived all over this country and have enjoyed two careers, first serving for 24 years with the US Coast Guard, and then teaching high school in Prince William County, Virginia. I am happy to say that I was able to rely on public transportation, primarily rail, for most of my adult […]
Transit Tuesday: Nick Wyatt
Boise, Idaho – LINC I was born in Las Vegas. In 2011, I moved to Meridian and now I live in Boise with my wife, Robin. I was born with cerebral palsy, and I don’t have the ability to walk, so I use a wheelchair. I was a little bit of an advocate for myself […]
Transit Tuesday: Arlene Schler
Decatur, GA I’ve lived in Decatur, GA now for about a year and a half. Like many of our area’s senior citizens I moved here to be close to younger family members. I’ve learned that the city is designated as a Lifelong Community. But what does that mean to someone, like myself, who arrives here […]
Transit Tuesday: Elise MacDonald
Nashua, New Hampshire I was born in NYC and lived in the New York metro until I was 10 years old. My family moved up to New Hampshire, and I ended up graduating from high school in Durham. I then went to the Berklee College of Music in Boston and was able to earn my […]
Transit Tuesday: Janet Bekele
Las Vegas, NV I am 24 years old and was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV. My two sisters, two brothers, and I are first generation Ethiopian Americans. Right now, I am finishing up school at Penn State and studying International Politics. I’m looking forward to graduating this December. I really like to be […]
