The Coalition for Transportation Choices has added The
Public Transportation
Preservation Act of 2010 (S.3412) to its list of Federal Legislative priorities.
The bill, introduced in Congress on May 25, would provide an immediate, temporary
infusion of $2 billion in transit operating funding to preserve
service for the millions of Americans who rely on transit every day, and to save and create thousands of jobs. This is immediate help for the transit funding crisis happening in Rhode
Island and across the nation. (You can follow this link to view a map showing transit agency cutbacks across the nation at the Transportation For America website).
Call
Sen. Jack Reed at (202) 224-4642 and Sen. Sheldon
Whitehouse at (202) 224-2921 to thank them for co-sponsoring this
legislation and urge them to take a leadership role in ensuring the swift passage of this bill.
A recent survey by the
American Public Transportation Association indicates that since January
of 2009, 84 percent of transit systems raised fares, cut service or are
considering one of those actions. These cuts are difficult for
lower-income people, working families, older Americans, people with
disabilities, African Americans, and Latinos - all of whom are
particularly dependent on transit service to get to jobs, take their
children to school, and access health care and other essential services.
Further, more than half of our nation's transit agencies have laid off
workers or are considering layoffs in the future.
These tough economic times call for this emergency legislation. We'll continue to update you on the progress of this bill and let you know what you can do to help.
Sincerely,
Coalition for Transportation Choices.
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About the Coalition for Transportation Choices
The Coalition for Transportation Choices (CTC) calls for a 21st century transportation system that enhances our economy and provides all Rhode Islanders with healthy transportation choices.
Rhode Island's 21st century transportation system must provide all people - employees, tourists, youth, elderly, able and disabled - with safe and dependable access to their community's opportunities for work, education, services, and recreation. The system should be considerably less dependent on cars and fossil fuels as well as efficient, effective and easy to use. It should minimize impacts to land, water and air and improve the health and well-being of all Rhode Islanders. Such a system should be sustained with predictable and consistent funding for operation and future growth.
CTC's work is supported
by the Rhode Island Foundation, The Prospect Hill Foundation and Third
Sector New England's Capacity Building Fund
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Coalition for Transportation Choices
Member Groups
- AARP
- American Lung Association
- Audubon Society of Rhode Island
- Childhood Lead Action Project
- City-State, the Urban Design Lab at RISD
- Clean Water Action
- Conservation Law Foundation
- Cornish Associates
- Ecolect
- Environmental Justice League of RI
- Grow Smart RI
- Head of the Bay Gateway
- LISC-RI
- Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
- Providence Foundation
- RI Association of Railroad Passengers
- RI Land Trust Council
- RICOSH
- Save The Bay
- SEIU, District 1199
- Sierra Club
- Working Rhode Island
- Amalgamated Transit Union
- Pawtucket Foundation
- The Blackstone Valley Partnership
- Recycle-A-Bike
- Rhode Island Bicycle Coalition
- DOT Watch
- Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living
- Blueways Alliance
- Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Sierra Club
- East Coast Greenway Alliance
vRhode Island Student Climate Coalition
- Brown emPower
- Youth in Action
- RI Interfaith Power and Light
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