BART: Environmental Justice [Video of the day]

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August 10, 2009 · Ryan · No Comments
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Star Transit

The first time I took the subway in LA was with greenRELAY’s youth training program this summer. After living in New York City for two years my expectations where high, and to my surprise, the LA subway blew me out of the water. I was genuinely impressed. It was clean and spacious with fabulous art [...]

August 8, 2009 · Christine · 3 Comments
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TRPT and the National Day of Action

Last Wednesday, the Transit Riders for Public Transportation campaign took action all over the United States. Big cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Portland, Chicago and Atlanta participated in the rally. The motivation for the day of action was to get Congress Representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 2746 which is a bill introduced by [...]

August 2, 2009 · Monte · Comments Closed
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Highway Robbery Part 2

order viagra online I am still reading my book titled Highway Robbery. I have read now chapters three and four. Chapter three talks about transportation issues in Atlanta. Chapter three mainly focus on a group called MARTA, which stands for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (or as the authors would say, Moving Africans Rapidly Through [...]

July 21, 2009 · Tamara · 2 Comments
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Transit Riders for Public Transportation – National Day of Action

Tomorrow morning, public transportation advocacy organizations around the country will be demonstrating in favor of increased federal funding for transit operations. From the Transit Riders for Public Transportation’s press release: On Wednesday, July 22, the Bus Riders Union will be part of a national day of action by the Transit Riders for Public Transportation national [...]

July 21, 2009 · Anson · One Comment
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Long Range Transportation Plan Approval Postponed

The MTA Board of Directors decided this afternoon to postpone the approval of their Long Range Transportation Plan because community groups (and, as it turns out, the Directors themselves), had less than 24 hours before the meeting to review the 63 page document.  Despite the short notice, the Bus Riders Union was able to distribute [...]

June 11, 2009 · Anson · No Comments
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Public Transportation Advocacy Day

Member organizations of the Transit Riders for Public Transportation campaign will be in Washington on Tuesday to advocate better funding of public transportation in the renewed Federal Surface Transportation Act.  Along with Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, they will be hosting a Congressional briefing on the importance of transit. Want to take action?  Learn more about the [...]

June 8, 2009 · Anson · No Comments
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Fighting the Highway Bill

Federal transportation dollars primarily fund massive highway projects The federal government’s transportation funding bill is up for reauthorization this fall.  The current law, SAFETEA-LU, was in many ways a step backwards from the intermodal policies laid out in its predecessor, ISTEA.  Reauthorization this fall is an opportunity for transit advocates to come together and challenge [...]

June 4, 2009 · Anson · No Comments
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