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CCI modeling finds that every $1 billion shifted from highway expansion to transit saves at least $1.7 billion in social and environmental costs.

Time with family shouldn’t be a luxury only drivers can afford.

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Lawmakers ended the spring session without fixing the transit fiscal cliff. Now, CTA, Metra, and Pace are planning for 40% service cuts. Illinois needs a special legislative session this summer to secure $1.5 billion to fix and fund transit.

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📍 Hampton, VA — Hampton Roads Transit honored Juneteenth with free fares on all services—bus, rail, ferry, and paratransit—celebrating freedom through mobility.

📍 Los Angeles, CA — Transit agencies, including LA Metro, teamed up with Pride events to make it easier (and more fun) to get there. Who says the party can’t start on the bus?

📍 Columbus, OH — When a June heatwave hit, COTA made fares free so people could ride in air-conditioned buses or get to cooling centers...

…Affordable. Access to transit should never be contingent on one’s ability to pay. Transit investment should establish programs that provide fare relief for those who need it.

…Safe and Accessible. Transit investment should eliminate the full range of limitations and achieve broad-based safety and universal access.

…Economically productive. Better transit expands worker access to jobs, employer access to the workforce, customer access to businesses, and business access to a customer base.

…Sustainable. To avert severe climate change, transit investment must expand access to good bus and train service so transit ridership increases.

…Equitable. Transit investment must prioritize the needs of Black and brown people, people with low incomes, and people with disabilities.

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