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. [...]

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Cosponsors – Little Village Environmental Justice Organization – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 – EcoJustice Collaborative – IWW GMB OC -  Nuclear Energy Information Service – Pilsen [...]

LVEJO’s efforts to improve public transit Published in Institutions & Infrastructures on April 15, 2010 by Mackel Garrison

Public transit is basic urban infrastructure, though not every community in Chicago enjoys adequate services.  Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) works to better understand the transportation needs of our community.  Our work around public transit began back in [...]

Tell Your Senators to Put People Back to Work on Transit Projects

Tomorrow, July 20th, the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development subcommittee will meet to discuss transit alocations for 2011. The 2011 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill provides an opportunity to put people back to work through the appropriation of mass transit funds. [...]

July 9, 2010 meeting. LVEJO Transit organizer, Mike Pitula,  assisted 3 people set up a blog. ^ people were able to attend the meeting.

The LVEJO transit meeting overviewed:

-LVEJO’s participation in the US Social Forum

-Saw the article on the rally for next week (July 14, 2010 at 10:00am at CTA Headquarters Building 567 W. Lake.

For more info [...]

LVEJO represented at the United States Social Forum, June 21 – 26, 2010.

We were part of a 3 bus caravan including over a dozen organizations.

We brought 25 people.

LVEJO reps it in Detroit at the USSF

LVEJO helped present 5 workshops and a dinner.

We took part in a Transit Riders for Public Transportation workshop called Mass [...]