We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” — to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing.
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Are we about to lose even the inadequate public transportation we have? Could a just and sustainable public transportation system really meet our needs better than reliance on private cars?
Public transit agencies experienced drastic financial losses as ridership plummeted during the pandemic. Ridership is going back up slowly, but not to its former levels — and soon the federal emergency funding that was keeping our transit agencies going will end.
Public transportation advocates throughout California are fighting for increased state funding for local transit agencies to save them from going over this “fiscal cliff.” But Governor Newsom’s budget proposes to cut $4 billion from state support for public transportation.
Meanwhile our current public transportation system comes nowhere near the convenient, accessible service we desperately need — for economic and environmental justice and to address the climate crisis. Just electrifying our current system of dependence on private cars isn’t enough.
In this Sunflower Alliance webinar, join speakers from member organizations of Voices for Public Transportation to hear about the short-term emergency and long term needs for investment in a public transportation system that works for everybody.
