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With the new administration in DC, there is a window to bring back civil rights, the voices of communities that have been left out, and to really push the debate about whether it is roads or public transportation that should be resourced.
428Urban
We're tired of big rail projects that don't take people of color where they need to go. We are not a large green group or transit authority. This campaign is about our communities coming together saying, This is where we stand, and we have all our people behind us.437Little
Public transit is not a stepchild in the transportation mix. It is our key to fighting poverty, racism and climate change.431WE-ACT
In the Bay Area we're facing severe transit cutbacks. We're seeing our bus systems shrink as rail expands to the suburbs. TRPT is a platform for us to seek federal funding so that it gets down to our local communities to meet the needs we see on our streets.
430Public
Here in Sunset Park Brooklyn, we have 200,000 cars a day going through the Gowanus Expressway. Our community complains about asthma, cancer, respiratory disease but the excuse for neglecting us is that it is too expensive to mitigate.435Uprose:
On top of wanting to double bus fares, our Capital Metro wanted to start charging the elderly who were exempt, and double fares for the handicapped. We need a paradigm shift in transportation funding away from highways, for public transit.436People
There are over 136 petrochemical facilities along our 85-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast. We are losing Historic African American communities to toxins and flooding. Fenceline communities like New Orleans need our country to reduce its dependence on oil.427Advocates
Single mothers, the disabled, low income workers who have to travel 2 hours to get to their jobs--this campaign brings their demands, their transit vision to the same federal table where cement, auto and construction have sat for decades.433Bus
We have a human right to high-quality public transportation that riders and workers govern. This campaign will help us find the resources to meet that human need but also to improve the wages and working conditions of public transit workers.
Terence Courtney - Atlanta Transit Riders' UnionCoordinatorAtlanta, GA434Atlanta
Our Campaign Members
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Click on the organizations below to view their TRPT member pages (video, local updates):
Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
New Orleans, LA
Atlanta Transit Riders Union
Atlanta, GA
Bus Riders Union
Los Angeles, CA
Environmental Justice Resource Center (EJRC)
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA
Just Transition Alliance
National
Little Village for Environmental Justice
Chicago, IL
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
New York, NY
OPAL (Organizing People-Activating Leaders)
Portland, OR
Oregon Action
Portland, OR
People Organized in Defense of the Earth and her Resources
Austin, TX
Portland Transit Riders Union
Portland, OR
Public Advocates Inc.
California (statewide)
Uprose: United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park
Brooklyn, NY
Urban Habitat
Oakland, CA
WE-ACT for Environmental Justice
New York, NY
