Transit Equity Day Action
media release: On Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in honor of Rosa Parks’ Birthday, advocates will gather for a Day of Action on Public Transportation as a Civil Right at the closed bus stop on University Ave. near its intersection with Lake St. at 11:30 AM. Supporters will hold signs, distribute statement (here), and thank bus drivers.
Advocates call for a first-rate transit system with both rapid and local buses that better balance the goals of ridership, coverage, accessibility, environmental sustainability, and organizational efficiency. They call for a transit system with equitable access everywhere, including to infill, old and new peripheral developments. They call for drastic cuts to our emissions of greenhouse gasses and conversion of our economy to renewable non-emitting energy sources.
Public transit is a public service, not a business. Its purpose is to get people where they need to go and should not focus primarily on ridership or profit.
Frequent service without reasonable access to people of all abilities is not transit equity.
BRT service should enhance, rather than be at the expense of local routes.
More transparency in the budgeting of public transportation.
We need city, county, state and federal legislation that increases (1) public funding for transit, (2) the accessibility of public transit for people with disabilities, and (3) opportunities for transit-related jobs that pay family-supporting wages, provide good benefits, and give workers the opportunity to organize a union and bargain collectively without employer pressure and intimidation.
More information is available at:
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https://witransitriders.org/
https://1kfriends.org/wp-
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