[nfbwatlk] FW: Unbelievable. House leadership makes unprecedented assault on public transit

[Jacob Struiksma]

Will we be stuck waiting for the bus, or just tossed underneath it?

Stop the House's unprecedented assault on public transportation. Only 24
hours before they vote Friday morning.

 
<http://action.smartgrowthamerica.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=pToD7%2Fw%2FSTsv
7gVtxZ5W9CYHk%2Fre%2FkAJ> Send an urgent message to your representative
today.

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A key House Committee is threatening to kill three decades of successful
investments in mass transit - originally started under President Ronald
Reagan - by ending the guarantee for dedicated funding for public
transportation, leaving millions of riders already faced with service cuts
and fare increases out in the cold.  

In a stunning development late last night, House leadership and the Ways and
Means committee made a shocking attack on transit that would have huge
impacts for the millions of people who depend on public transportation each
day. 

They proposed putting every public transportation system in immediate peril
by eliminating guaranteed funding for the Mass Transit Account and forcing
transit to go begging before Congress for general funds each year - all
while highway spending continues to be guaranteed with protected funds for
half a decade at a time.

 
<http://action.smartgrowthamerica.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ef8sEkBBL5TYb3rU
pzC6xohvajQWF6rG> We know it's been a busy week already, but can you take
just a moment and tell your representative that this short-sighted idea is
intolerable for their voters?


This incredible move would roll back 30+ years of bipartisan federal
transportation policy and reverse a decision made by President Reagan in the
1980's to fund our nation's transit system out of a small share of gas tax
revenues. This change would mean no more guarantee of funding each year and
no long-term stability for public transportation. States, cities,
communities and their transit systems could lose billions.

Transit is an important component of our nation's transportation system.
More people on transit means less congestion, less pollution, and fewer cars
on the road. 

 
<http://action.smartgrowthamerica.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=mLgMiUpGTJDjZaFU
Kw4U0yYHk%2Fre%2FkAJ> Tell
<http://action.smartgrowthamerica.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=cwah4484i8KfvUrV
J8o5vyYHk%2Fre%2FkAJ> your representative that this unprecedented attack on
transit won't stand.


Thanks for your support,

Stephen Lee Davis
Deputy Communications Director
Transportation for America

    	

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