Progressive Dreams for Public Transit
Car-centric infrastructure drives inequality. As voters and advocates, we have the power to shape transit’s future for the better.
Sustaining Rosa Parks’s Struggle for Transit Equity
Transit Equity Day 2024 offers opportunities for reflection and participation.
How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality
Transportation policies prioritizing private vehicle use leave the poor and people of color behind.
Fund Public Transit, Not More Roads
We should stop subsidizing sprawl and spend those savings on our resource-starved mass transit systems.
Community Hearing on Transit Equity 2021: Findings and Recommendations
Findings from the Transit Equity 2021 report highlight organizing successes, existing inequities, and policy solutions for U.S. public transit.
Small Towns And Rural Communities Need Transit, Too
Millions of rural Americans don’t have a car. With the pandemic battering transit agencies, they’re being totally isolated.
Decriminalize Fare Evasion
You don’t go to jail for missing a highway toll. It shouldn’t be any different for fare evasion on public transportation.
A Handout for Uber and Lyft Is No Replacement for Public Transit
Transportation network services have resisted regulations on workers’ rights, traffic safety, and the environment. The public shouldn’t subsidize them.
An Open Letter to DC’s Transit Authority: Don’t Subsidize Uber — Restore Service!
Metro’s plan to subsidize its own competition will hurt the planet, public transit, and the working people who rely on it.
Transit Equity Day 2019
A collaborative effort of several organizations and unions to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change.
Activists Are Convening for Transit Equity All Over the Country
During the week of Earth Day, actions are cropping up all over to call for clean, accessible, and safe public transit.
Transit Equity Day: A New Way to Remember Rosa Parks
Transit equity isn’t just about where you sit on the bus. It’s about whether you can get on a bus at all.
Transit Equity Day
A collaborative effort of several organizations and unions to promote public transit as a civil right and a strategy to combat climate change.
Trumping Up Our Trains
The president promised a huge infrastructure boost. So why won’t he fix our trains?
Crashing the GDP
A harrowing road trip on the first day of my summer internship helped me get the point of my work on the Genuine Progress Indicator.