Today, Representative Hank Johnson introduced federal transit operations funding legislation that could vastly improve transit across the country. UCS has been watching and supported a similar bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson in the last Congress.
High-quality transit is freeing. It connects people to the places, communities, and resources we all need to thrive. It gives folks more options to driving a car. It is crucial for the climate, promotes thriving economies, can help address the long history of fossil-fuel backed politicians and corporations leaving Black and brown folks stuck in place.
Of course, it varies between cities and between cities and less populated areas. Cities like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C., have huge metro systems that connect with bus networks and serve millions of people every day. In small towns…
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