Public Transit for a Green Chicago

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

PUBLIC TRANSIT FOR

A GREEN CHICAGO

NEW BUS ROUTE,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

CHICAGO – Transit riders on Chicago’s Southwest Side will celebrate Earth Day by calling for economic recovery through public transit. The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), a community-based organization on Chicago’s Southwest Side, will give an update on the new CTA 31st Street [...]

Environmental Justice and Civil Rights at Stake in the Next $500 Billion National Surface Transportation Act: A Social Movement Must Lead the Fight in Congress

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Transit Riders for Public Transportation (TRPT) is a new national campaign that aims to intervene in the reauthorization of the national surface transportation act. We are changing the terms of the debate by flipping the script. TRPT is asking for an 80% transportation and 20% highway and freeway funding split as a major step [...]