Our major advocacy goal—winning increased public investment in public transportation—will be accomplished through small, steady steps that together lead to big wins like the 2015 FAST Act. These steps are absolutely critical—even if by themselves they may not look like much! As your last Voices for Public Transit resolution for 2020, please commit to taking […]

2020 Resolutions to Support Public Transit Resolve to Recruit Five Friends to Participate in Voices for Public Transit We’re kicking off 2020 by encouraging public transit supporters to make resolutions that will expand support for public transportation funding in our nation’s capital and in our local communities—and everywhere in between. At the start of this […]

This holiday season, we encourage you to make public transportation part of your celebration! All year long, public transit helps millions of Americans get where they want to go. To work and school. To gatherings of family and friends. To doctor’s appointments, shopping, sports events, and more. Public transit helps our communities and nation as well. It supports job creation, economic growth, environmental protection, and so much more. So, let’s make transit part of our celebration.

We have great news! On October 31, the U.S. Senate passed the Jones-McSally Amendment to prevent a $1.2 billion cut to fiscal year 2020 funding for public transportation. Thanks to your efforts to contact your Senators, this legislation passed by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 82-11. Advocacy Helps Win the Day If the Senate had […]