Internet sales tax bill would help fund public transit

Internet sales tax bill would help fund public transit
Post Date May 14, 2013
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We sent out a press release today along with the ATU on the Marketplace Fairness Act and its implications for public transit funding. See the previous streetsblog article on the topic here. We hope the House will follow the Senate’s bi-partisan lead and pass the Marketplace Fairness Act. Click here to send a message to your Congressperson!

Internet sales tax bill would help fund public transit

Transit union, Americans for Transit urge House to pass Marketplace Fairness Act

Washington, DC – The bipartisan Senate-passed Internet Sales Tax bill …

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Video Pass Transportation Package Now

Post Date May 13, 2013
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Video out of Washington State highlighting business, labor, and transit advocates working together to urge the Legislature to pass a transportation funding bill that would prevent many funding shortfalls and transit service cuts.

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Photoblog: #Transitvote in SC1

Photoblog: #Transitvote in SC1
Post Date May 07, 2013
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It is election day in South Carolina today. Former Governor Mark Sanford is running against businesswoman Elizabeth Colbert Busch. In what is sure to be a close election, it has been a great ride working with our local partners, the Hungryneck Straphangers, and the ATU in a successful effort to elevate transit as an electoral issue. We have educated and engaged thousands transit riders in a bus focused get out the vote campaign. In case you missed it, here is the streetsblog article on the work. We have …

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Obama’s Energy Security Trust Must Also Invest in Public Transportation

Obama’s Energy Security Trust Must Also Invest in Public Transportation
Post Date April 01, 2013
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Below is our recent media release (co-release with ATU International) regarding Obama’s Energy Security Trust proposal. We welcome your thoughts!

Obama’s Energy Security Trust Must Also Invest in Public Transportation: Transit advocates say mass transit is cleanest transportation 

Washington, DC – Investment in mass transit through President Obama’s proposed Energy Security Trust Fund is critical to weaning U.S. transportation away from dependence on oil and gas, public transit advocates argued.

“The proposed Energy Security Trust is a good first step,” says Larry Hanley, …

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Transit: an Electoral Issue

Transit: an Electoral Issue
Post Date March 22, 2013
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Rider advocates in Charleston, SC have successfully raised the profile of transit as a pressing issue in a special congressional election.

The straphanger group invited all of the Republican and Democrats to ride the bus, discuss transit issue, and meet riders on the prior to this week’s primary election. This program has already successively highlighted transit as an issue in the election and serves as a valuable medium for the candidates to connect with voters.

Here is a recent release from our friends in Charleston:

Charleston, SC- Hungryneck Straphaners (www.busec.org) will renew it’s invitation to …

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Bus Driver Appreciation Day on March 18th

Bus Driver Appreciation Day on March 18th
Post Date March 13, 2013
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Check out this post from Transportation Choices about Bus Driver Appreciation Day, cross posted below. Also click here to download a very fun card you can order for your favorite bus driver!

By Carla Saulter, Transportation Choices, Seattle:

What is Bus Driver Appreciation Day, you ask? It’s a holiday (started by a couple of Seattle bus riders in 2009) set aside to acknowledge, celebrate, and otherwise lift up all the hard-working men and women who get us where we’re going. Why March 18th? The first bus service in the world started …

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Is Bipartisanship alive?

Is Bipartisanship alive?
Post Date February 25, 2013
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In the storm of sequestration talks here in Washington, DC, I often find myself asking if there is hope for bipartisanship in our modern divisive political system?

This weekend’s Washington Post rundown of the back and forth that lead to the passing of a transportation funding measure in Virginia begs the questions if bipartisanship around transportation infrastructure spending is indeed alive and well on the state and local level? In the Virginia story it is clear that Republicans had to bend on their no tax pledge and democrats had to …

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Join us prior to Good Jobs-Green Jobs

Join us prior to Good Jobs-Green Jobs
Post Date February 20, 2013
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Americans for Transit will be hosting a transit organizers/advocates networking and best practices sharing half day session prior to the Good Jobs/Green Jobs conference in DC on April 15th.

This session is targeted towards transit advocates, supporters, and workers who are planning on attending the conference, but is free and open to anyone. Join us as we connect with organizers from cities across the country to share best practices and resources for how to win for transit riders through organizing. Event will be followed by a networking happy …

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Rally in Harrisburg, PA on Monday for Transit!

Rally in Harrisburg, PA on Monday for Transit!
Post Date February 06, 2013
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Americans for Transit will be teaming up with a host of organizations across Pennsylvania to rally for more transit lot less across the state. Buses are running to the rally from Pittsburgh and Philly. See you there!

JOIN THE FIGHT TO SAVE OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT IN PENNSYLVANIA!

· RALLY IN HARRISBURG STATE CAPITOL ROTUNDA AGAINST TRANSIT CUTS
· MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2:OO P.M.
· FREE BUSES & LUNCHES FOR ROUND TRIP FROM PITTSBURGH & PHILLY
· JOIN PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO BACK THE TRANSIT BILL OF RIGHTS
· IF …

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Transit Advocates Support Forward on Climate Rally

Transit Advocates Support Forward on Climate Rally
Post Date February 01, 2013
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