That is the wage number total labor costs includes benefits and pension for those roles as well. But yes, it isn't a silver bullet!

In 1978, they stopped buses — and helped launch a disability rights movement People in wheelchairs surrounded and barricaded two city buses over the course of two days, demanding wheelchair lifts and chanting, "We will ride."

People in wheelchairs surrounded and barricaded two city buses over the course of two days, demanding wheelchair lifts and chanting, "We will ride."

Detroit graduates largest single class of bus drivers after wage hike The increase in graduating bus drivers follows a new union contract that increased driver pay by about $6.

Detroit graduates largest single class of bus drivers after (livable) wage hike

Talking Headways Podcast: Civil Rights, Civic Transport — Streetsblog USA Let's talk about "disparate impact" — and why the Trump administration wants to gut it.

This week's episode of Talking Headways discusses transit agency power dynamics, the loss of public sector capacity, and how the Trump administration is looking to gut civil rights enforcement for transportation projects.

Yes, it has cleared the internal federal review. We haven't seen the language yet. They should post it 1 day prior on the Federal Register in "Public Inspection". This internal review looks like they are trying to do it as a final rule with no public comment period. www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eo...

Always a pleasure to talk with Jeff @theoverheadwire.com! (Less a pleasure to hear my own voice recorded.) Thanks for having me on to highlight the threat to civil rights protections in transportation. Watch this space for updates on the pending US DOT rescission of Title VI regulations.

Kraft Group should be paying for the $35 million project to upgrade Foxboro Station. The station mostly serves their financial interests.

I am not 100% sure, and the Admin treats laws as optional. But what I heard is FTA reissued the master grant agreement without that language after the case. I wouldn't put it past them to have different agreements, but also they lack capacity. Someone at FTA HQ told me they lost 50% of their staff.

Attorney General Bonta Secures Final Ruling Blocking Illegal Conditioning of Transportation Grant Funding “If President Trump wants to stop losing in court, he should stop breaking the law.” OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured a permanent injunction from the U.S. District Court f...

And here is the PR on the victory. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

Attorney General Bonta Sues U.S. Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security Over Illegal Immigration Enforcement Conditions on Grant Funding OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed two lawsuits challenging the Trump Administration’s effort to unlawfully impose immigration enforcement requirements on billions of dollars ...

They tried to put it in the general FTA grant agreement. A bunch of AG's suited and the Administration lost. Here is the PR on the suit. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

So glad my Congressmember is leading on this critical issue! We have a long history of discrimination in transportation in the US and disparate impact analysis is a critical check before important transit fare and service decisions.

Great quote! BART does allow the Bay to function. The photos in this article seem selectively taken to make BART seem empty. My regular experience at rush hour is standing room only. It is not the pre-pandemic sardine levels, but still 'take your backpack off' levels. (efficiency=shorter trains)

Going to Amtrak yes. But not going from Amtrak to the 12. The bus currently lays over at the Alice Street stop and I don't think will be allowed to lay over right in front of Amtrak. So that makes a long walk to one of the other stops likely depending on the layover spot

I get the goal of avoiding the train tracks. But given the transfers from the ferry and Capital Corridor aren't timed it will make it even less desirable to chance given the longer run to try to make the bus!

Where will the layover be for the 12 in this proposal? Where is the proposed pick-up stop for the Amtrak station?

Also that this looks like it makes the transfer from Amtrak to the 12 longer and from the ferry to the 12 longer. I couldn't tell where the bus will layover now and so where the new pick-up stop is for the Amtrak station.

Tell HUD: Keep Families Together and Housed! HUD’s new proposal is cruel, costly, and counterproductive. It would rip families apart and increase eviction & homelessness during a housing crisis. Join me in telling HUD Secretary Scott Turner to ...

HUD has to read every comment we submit. Be a wrench in their plans to scapegoat immigrants & make families homeless ⤵️ actionnetwork.org/letters/keep...

Maybe you remember, he came to Atlanta to help us with the campaign to restore transit to Clayton County in around 2010. It was an honor getting to meet him and share how we were trying to use Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to fight for transit equity in Atlanta.

Not saying the routes impacted shifts the cognitive load onto riders to consider/know the parts of routes they don't use when determining whether they need to go to a public meeting.

What I am asking is that when AC Transit does outreach about this project you said the specific routes. I might ride the 51A just in Oakland and by saying routes that serve Alameda or Alameda access project I might not think it impacts me, when it will since delays will be felt across the route.

Can the flyer or the social media post please tell riders which routes are going to be impacted? And the magnitude/types of impacts? This flyer doesn't give enough information for folks to know if they should attend.

EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...

Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

ICE out of Dublin: No new ICE Detention Center in Shuttered Federal Dublin Prison (FCI Dublin) ICE has signaled serious interest in reopening the notorious FCI Dublin federal prison in Dublin, CA as an immigration detention center. FCI Dublin was closed last year due to powerful survivor-led or...

actionnetwork.org/petitions/ic...

It feels like weather forecasting is getting less accurate, but I don't know if that is true or just my assumption that everything the federal government touches is getting worse.

AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL - Two CWA Members Abducted at Work by ICE in St Cloud, MN Communications Workers of America Local 7250, CWA, Labor Union

ICE abducted two members of CWA Local 7304 at their workplace, New Flyer in St Cloud. Both men had come to the US from Laos legally as small children and had worked at New Flyer for over 20 years.

That makes sense. Happy to chat about paratransit if its helpful. I have experience both helping riders advocate for better paratransit service and on the transit agency side. The cost model is challenging for agencies, but hopefully all the promises of better scheduling software are panning out.

Looking forward to reading the paper! The results are an indictment of the poor quality of ADA mandated public paratransit. Important for Mamdani to consider because unlike free buses making paratransit free could unintentionally erode service quality and reliability.

Clipper 2.0 Leaves AC Transit Cash Riders Behind | KQED Transit advocates are calling attention to recent updates to Clipper that fail to extend savings to people who pay with cash to ride AC Transit.

The Clipper fare system upgrades in the Bay Area have great benefits - free transfers, fare caps, open payment. But unfortunately they leave behind people without access to Clipper. This is pronounced on AC Transit where cash riders don't have access to a weekly pass www.kqed.org/news/1206773...

I argued for means-testing at the MBTA (pre-pandemic) bc we had significant fare revenue from high income riders on the commuter rail. Just making buses free would continue to limit low-income users of CR, but making CR free would require a lot of new revenue that might not be progressive as fares.