Public Health
Statewide Transit Justice Organizing Update
Earlier this month, more than 40 people, representing 16 organizations
from across the state, piled into an AC Transit Bus and rode to
Sacramento to demand that our Legislators stop the fare hikes, service
cuts, and layoffs that have been devastating California transit
operators and their riders.
Clean Air Campaign highlights from 2009
2009 marks an important harvest of our last 5 years of hard work
organizing bus riders, local businesses, public health and community
allies and the local elected officials like former councilmember Wendy
Greuel and Bill Rosendahl, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard. With the full $23.3 million of federal funding secured, the tide has turned to move the Wilshire Bus-Only Lanes Project into reality.
2009: A Tough but Exciting First Year for Transit Riders for Public Transportation
It has been both a tough and exciting first year for our civil rights
and environmental justice campaign to influence the second largest
federal bill: the $500 billion federal surface transportation act.
Over the past two weeks, I had the opportunity to step back and reflect
on my eventful year as lead coordinator of Transit Riders for Public
Transportation.
Climate Justice in Review: Early Lessons Fighting Market Driven Environmentalism
Many of the key lessons of the environmental justice movement from the 80s and 90s fighting market driven policies in local campaigns can illuminate how we can re-shape the discussions around climate solutions in Congress this year.
Federal Transportation Act: a Battle for Climate Justice
Lead Organizer and National Coordinator of the Transit Riders for
Public Transportation (TRPT), Francisca Porchas discusses the battle
for climate justice in the re-authorization of the $500 billion Federal
Surface Transportation Act in this winter's issue of Race, Poverty, & the Environment themed "Climate Change: Catalyst or Catastrophe?"
Bus riders Union hits the 15 year milestone
Date from/to:
Dec 19 2009 - 9:30am - Dec 19 2009 - 12:30pm
Location
Immanuel Presbytarian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CAUnited States
Cap and Trade Delusion
Ever heard of cap and trade or carbon trading? Here's a helpful animated video to help you navigate the basics of market driven false solutions like cap and trade and why ithey should be rejected as a climate change policy.
Re-Envision Urban Transit with the Bus Riders Union
On Thursday November 19th, the Transit Riders for Public Transportation Campaign and the Bus Riders Union hosted a transportation briefing event, "Re-Envision Urban Transit: Los Angeles and Beyond."
BRU Monthly Membership Meeting - November 21st at 9:30am
Date from/to:
Nov 3 2009 - 12:48pm - Nov 21 2009 - 12:00pm
Every 3rd Saturday of the Month
BRU Monthly Membership Meeting
Orientation for New People
Updates on Campaigns
Child Care provided
Location
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA, 90010United States



