Chicago Public Transit Organization » Federal http://chicagopublictransit.org Better Public Transit for Equality, Jobs & a Stable Climate Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:49:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 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 http://chicagopublictransit.org/2009/04/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/ http://chicagopublictransit.org/2009/04/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/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:49:43 +0000 Transit Justice http://chicagopublictransit.org/?p=185

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 [...]]]> http://chicagopublictransit.org/2009/04/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/feed/ 0