CHICAGO – Thursday, February 17, 2010, labor and community groups united in a downtown demonstration for transit – for jobs, service and clean air. The demonstration was part of a series of national actions coordinated by Transit Riders for Public Transportation – a national civil rights and environmental justice campaign to shape federal transportation policy.

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International President Larry Hanley convened representatives of all of the major transit and labor groups working to address the mass transit crisis in the United States.

Reformer Elected to Head ATU Transit Union | Labor Notes.

CTA rehiring nearly half of those laid off last year :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State.

Two senators eye gas-tax hike to pay for highways and bridges – The Hill’s E2-Wire.

This money could help pay for mass transit, too.

The federal gas tax isn’t covering our needs.

Federal gas tax is how Congress has funded public transit for the last 70 years or so.

This article explains why the gas tax has not kept pace with the cost of transportation.

The evolution of Metrorail, 1976-2010.

I wonder what Chicago’s map would look like.

TRPT holds “wake up call” workshop at the US Social Forum

In a sea of meetings held by 1400 organizations, TRPT drew a packed room of 70 activists and organizers from around the country who wanted to do something about the national crisis that has been crippling regional transit systems.

Many felt it was a wake-up call. [...]