Gear Up for Back-to-School Season With These Public Transit Activities Back-to-school season is in full swing and Voices for Public Transit wants to help students get into the school spirit with public transportation! We’ve developed the following downloadable games, activities, and other educational materials to help students of all ages brush up on their public transportation […]

Getting Educated on Public Transit for Back to School Season Summer is winding down, which means back to school season is gearing up for students of all ages nationwide. From families with young children just starting off on their first day of school to post-graduate students to educators, public transit connects Americans with countless educational […]

State and Local Elections Illustrate Voters’ Support for Public Transit Nationwide Time and again, voters are taking to the ballot box in support of increased public transit investments. Together, we are sending a message to lawmakers that America strongly supports public transportation. While 2021 saw a smaller number of public transit measures on the ballot, […]

Voices for Public Transit Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month   May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. First established as Pacific/Asian American Heritage Week by an act of Congress in 1978, the weeklong recognition of the cultural and historical contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans was extended to […]

Women have played a critical role in the history of transportation and public transit in our country, from shaping national policy to leading local public transit agencies. For International Women’s Day, Voices for Public Transit is paying tribute to some of the many distinguished women who have shaped the course of transportation and public transit history.

The voices of our advocates nationwide power our movement to improve and expand public transportation in communities of all sizes. Your personal stories make it clear that public transportation can transform lives and benefit communities.

Most Americans are navigating these uncertain times by isolating at home, as we’ve been asked to do. Others, by no choice of their own, have to be out and about. They include the essential workers who provide crucial services, like health care providers, grocers, and the sanitation crews that keep our streets clean. Others are […]

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.