The NITA Act is the biggest reform to our public transit in decades. Our executive director, Will, and environmental justice lead, Miguel, joined the bill signing at Union Station.
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To all the advocates, lawmakers, riders, and workers: thank YOU for helping us #FixItFundIt.
🚨 We have a transit bill — but the work is not done yet!
Call your State Rep and Senator NOW and join us in demanding they #FixItFundIt at call.savetransit.org
All hands on deck to #FixItFundIt! IL lawmakers must fund & reform transit during veto session to avoid devastating service & job cuts. Better Streets Chicago is taking to the streets EVERY DAY to urge transit riders to contact their legislators.
📣Join a canvass: act.savetransit.org
Next week is our last chance to fix and fund our public transit system before 40% service cuts begin. Have you called your lawmakers yet? They need to hear from YOU that it’s time to #FixItFundIt! Transit can’t wait! Find their phone # and give them a call today: ilga.gov
All hands on deck to #FixItFundIt! IL lawmakers must fund & reform transit during veto session to avoid devastating service & job cuts. @betterstreetschicago.org is taking to the streets DAILY to urge transit riders to contact their legislators. 📣 Join a canvass or phone bank: act.savetransit.org
Oh, and finally, and while you’re at it: pester them about #PlowTheSidewalks. And pester you state legislators about funding transit #FixItFundIt.
Pretty good morning to #bikethedrive and talk to people about saving transit. #fixitfundit #revenuesandreform
At the public hearing on the transit fiscal cliff, IL state legislators are hearing from people who depend on public transportation. We must not only save but expand transit in the Chicago region for our long term future. #fixitfundit
But you’re right it’s an unenviable position, nobody wants to raise money but we can’t afford not to.
The reform package would do wonders to solve problems & improve ridership, including for downstate transit/rail. But it needs the funding to work #FixItFundIt #SaveILTransit
“Our transit system right now is like three bands playing different songs in the same room. CTA is doing punk rock, Metra is doing jazz, Pace is halfway through a slow ballad…
We need to play in concert.”
#fixitfundit #transitisessential #NITA
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Tell your state reps: we need both #RevenuesAndReform to pair a generational investment in transit with transformational change in how we fundamentally plan, fund, and operate our buses and trains to finally create a unified network that serves all of Chicagoland.
#FixItFundIt
Tell your state reps: it’s not a bailout, it’s an investment in our future – with common-sense reforms to ensure those new revenues lead to transformational regional change for all of Chicagoland.
#RevenuesAndReform #FixItFundIt
It’s time for state legislators to get back to work to #FixItFundIt NOW!
Both houses of the Illinois General Assembly basically agree on the reforms, so let's find the funding (cough burrito taxi tax) and get it to the Governor's desk. #FixItFundIt
Lena is wearing a shirt with a train logo on it, sunglasses, and a hat. She’s holding a sign that says We NITA Ride, Save the Bus, which is a play on words because the new regional transit agency would be the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and the acronym sounds like “need a”
A group of People’s Lobby advocates joins Illinois Senators Ram Villivalam and Graciela Guzman for a photo, smiling, with signs saying Transit is Essential and Public Transit is a Climate Solution
A group of advocates gathers for the rally
ELPC team holds signs saying We NITA ride save the bus, public transit is a climate solution, transit is essential, and save transit
Big rally to #SaveTransit today! Lawmakers, transit workers, riders, & advocates braved the heat to call for a solution #fixitfundit
Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition, @ilaflcio.bsky.social, @chicagolabor.bsky.social, @elpcenter.bsky.social
HAPPENING NOW: We are rallying with transit workers, riders, and other advocates to save public transit outside of Union Station! #FixItFundIt
Sign displaying the message “public transit is a climate solution” in front of the Willis/Sears Tower in Chicago.
Today, @elpcenter.bsky.social joined our Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition partners along with @ilaflcio.bsky.social & @chicagolabor.bsky.social for a rally to save Illinois public transit outside of Union Station! #FixItFundIt
Millions rely on public transit but lawmakers left Springfield without fixing the transit funding crisis. This Thursday, June 26, we're rallying to demand what we all deserve: safe, reliable, & affordable transit. RSVP today and join us: act.ilenviro.org/a/rally-to-save-transit
#FixItFundIt
This is why we NITA pass the bill #fundingandreform #fixitfundit
Tomorrow’s the last day to stop massive service cuts for transit in Chicago, and we need you to call your legislators to urge them to #FixItFundIt
➡️ call.savetransit.org
2 days to save transit means we need you to make 2 easy calls to your legislator at savetransit.org! #FixItFundIt
Lawmakers have introduced SB2111 & HB3438—major steps toward coordinated, cost-efficient transit in Illinois. The legislature must pass these reforms & pair them with a $1.5 bil investment in transit by midnight on Saturday, May 31. #FixItFundIt #TransitIsEssential win.newmode.net/icjc/fixitfu...
Join Terry in demanding Springfield #FixItFundIt by calling your legislators at savetransit.org!
We have until midnight Saturday to get this right — now is the time to get in the fight!
A classic meme of Marge Simpson holding a potato and saying “I just think they’re neat” has been edited to her holding an emoji of a bus labeled “Northern Illinois Transit Authority” because it’s acronym NITA sounds similar to “neat”
Big #transit bill out yesterday from Illinois House and its counterpart in the Senate came out last night, with funding! #fixitfundit
Retains service boards (CTA, Metra, Pace) but regionalizes many functions - fares, funds, schedules, planning into the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
"It’s impossible to overstate how devastating the impact of these cuts would be to both our neighbors and our economy,” @andrefor40th.bsky.social said in a press release on the resolution. If you haven't yet done so, please help put pressure on IL lawmakers to #FixItFundIt. win.newmode.net/icjc/mma
We have little more than a week to save transit in Chicago, and your legislator needs to hear from YOU!
Head to savetransit.org to send them an email urging them to #FixItFundIt — it only takes 30 seconds.
We need all hands on deck, with only TWO WEEKS left for legislators to save transit!
Sign up for a shift this weekend to reach transit riders asking them to urge their legislators to #FixItFundIt!
➡️ mobilize.us/dashboard/betterstreetschicago/events/
We have 4 shifts next weekend to reach transit riders, and we need all hands on deck to spread the word!
Sign up for a shift ➡️ mobilize.us/dashboard/betterstreetschicago/events/
Then be sure to email your legislator to urge them to #FixItFundIt!
A group of people smile for a photo while holding flyers.
A group of people smile for a photo while holding flyers.
Thank you to all our volunteers who joined us this weekend to reach transit riders and urge them to contact their legislators to save transit! #FixItFundIt
We only have TWO WEEKS left to save public transit — and we need YOU to get in the fight with us! ⬇️
