The following Transit Justice Principles were drafted by TransitCenter with input from a number of organizations in and around the National Campaign for Transit Justice which emerged in 2020 to #SaveTransit from the COIVD-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis by fighting for essential funding relief from the Federal Government. We invite organizations who agree with the principles to sign on to them. We will publish the principles publicly with an endorsement list in the coming weeks. The National Campaign for Transit Justice and Alliance for a Just Society will advance these principles and proposals as we go forward in 2021 with a new Congress and Administration. This sign-on is for organizations ONLY. Individual sign-on is here: http://bit.ly/TransitJustice-SignOn

If you have questions, contact LeeAnn Hall at leeann@juststrategy.org

IMPORTANT: THIS SIGN-ON IS FOR ORGANIZATIONS ONLY!
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AMERICANS NEED TRANSIT THAT IS…

EQUITABLE. America’s car-based transportation system erects barriers to mobility that reinforce long term social inequities. Transit investment must remove these barriers and prioritize the needs of Black and brown people, people with low incomes, and people with disabilities.

SUSTAINABLE. To avert severe climate change, models consistently show that some car trips must shift to transit. Transit investment must expand access to good bus and train service so transit ridership increases as a share of total travel.

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. Transit investment must make service more abundant, frequent, fast, and reliable to increase economic opportunity and productivity. Investing in better transit should also generate more good-paying jobs operating, maintaining, and supplying transit systems.

SAFE & ACCESSIBLE. Many factors in addition to scarce service limit access to transit, including dangerous streets, discriminatory policing, and the lack of elevators at stations. Transit investment should eliminate the full range of limitations and achieve broad-based safety and universal access.

AFFORDABLE. Access to transit should never be contingent on one’s ability to pay. Transit investment should establish programs that provide fare relief for everyone who needs it.

Here is the full list of principles and recommendations: https://transitjustice.org/about/transit-justice-principles/

Initial Signers:

NATIONAL
Alliance for a Just Society/Just Strategy
CASA​
Center for Disability Rights
Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
Center for Popular Democracy
Community Change Action
Dream Corps Green For All
Further Strategies
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Race Forward
Sierra Club
Summit Foundation
​Transportation for America

LOCAL/STATE
5th Square PAC (Philadelphia)
Active Transportation Alliance
Alliance for Community Transit (Los Angeles)
Better Bus Coalition (Cincinnati)
Coalition for Sustainable Transportation(Santa Barbara)
Genesis, the Gamaliel Affiliate of the Bay Area
Move LA (Los Angeles)
Pittsburghers for Public Transit
Ride New Orleans
Riders Alliance (New York City)
San Francisco Transit Riders
Sustain Charlotte
Transportation Riders United (Detroit)
Transit Forward Philadelphia
TransitMatters (Boston)
Tri-State Transportation Campaign

Full list of endorsers: https://transitjustice.org/about/transit-justice-principles#endorsers