Transit Advocates: Tell your senators that public transit saves jobs!

Tell Your Senators that Public Transit Saves Jobs.

The draft being circulated of the Senate's $85 billion jobs bill doesn't have a single dollar to address the crisis in transit funding, which threatens severe cuts to essential service and the loss of thousands of jobs.

We're joining our partners at Transportation for America, asking everyone to write your senators TODAY!

But a recent analysis of the previous economic stimulus package shows us that investments in public transportation have produced twice the jobs of highway projects.

If we are serious about creating and saving jobs, our senators need to insist on investing more in public transportation. Transit operating assistance - the emergency dollars that make sure America's bus drivers, rail operators, and station agents can get paid - keep all Americans moving.

When they don't get funded, bus routes are eliminated, weekend and evening service is reduced on trains and subways...millions of people are stranded at the station. And in difficult times, the economy suffers even more.

Don't let your senators squander this opportunity to make it right - demand that they fund transit operating assistance and other key transportation proposals!

• To call Senator Dianne Feinstein: (619) 231-9712
• To call Senator Barbara Boxer: (213) 894-5000

Save the Dates

Transit Advocates Meet and Greet + Bus Cuts Update
Wednesday, February 24, 6 pm - 8 pm
Santa Ana Depot (train station)
We will have our first 2010 public meeting with bus service change updates and refreshments. Please attend; We'd like to meet you!

OCTA Service Change - Be sure to check your routes!
Many routes are being severely reduced or eliminated.
March 14, 2010

The new Bus Service Change brochures are now available online and on the buses. Schedules will be available in the online Bus Book in late February, and on buses early March. Please preserve your copies or use the online versions as OCTA is printing only limited amounts. The link to the online brochure is broken but you can access the information this way: