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From the buses and trains of NYC to Chicago to LA, Transit Riders for Public Transportation (TRPT) is advocating for an 80% public transit and 20% freeway funding formula in the next $500 billion Federal Surface Transportation Act (FSTA) currently under discussion in Congress. Since the 1950’s the FSTA has locked federal funds 80/20 in favor of highways. Reauthorized every six years, the current act is being hailed as the next “six year stimulus.” TRTP is organizing to ensure that the next re-authorization of the FSTA prioritizes the needs of transit dependent riders in low-income communities of color who form the backbone of urban transit ridership. TRPT seeks to re-establish Title VI Civil Rights protections in all FSTA-funded projects and to create truly green jobs. The TRPT brings together the Bus Riders Union in Los Angeles, WEACT in Harlem, Little Village for Environmental Justice Organization in Chicago, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights in New Orleans, Urban Habitat in Oakland and many others across the country to organize and call on the Obama Administration and Congress to break with the last two decades of toxic highway expansion by making massive investments in a clean-fuel, world-class transportation systems that meet both the needs of transit riders and international emissions-reduction targets. Join us in this workshop to engage with organizers of TRPT from across the country about the campaign, it’s challenges and breakthroughs.
