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Federal Transportation Funding

Pictured in the photo: Ryan Wiggins, Transportation For America Southern California Field Organizer; Elyse Lowe, Move San Diego Executive Director; Jeremy Madsen, Greenbelt Alliance Executive Director; Shannon Tracey, Transportation For America Northern California (and TransFormer!); and Stuart Cohen, TransForm Executive Director.

Working with Transportation For America to Fix Our Transportation System

America's transportation system is broken.  Bridges are crumbling, commute times are longer than ever, and too few people have access to good options.  It's time to fix it!

Right now, Congress is deciding how to reform our federal transportation program.  Traditionally, they've spent billions of dollars each year expanding highways - but the result is increased congestion, roads in disrepair, air pollution, and unsafe and unhealthy neighborhoods.  So TransForm and over 500 other advocacy groups, businesses, and elected leaders have banded together in the Transportation For America coalition, working together in Washington to fix our broken transportation system and bring the nation into the 21st century.

TransForm is coordinating the Transportation For America campaign here in California so the next federal transportation bill increases accountability and invests in public transportation, smart growth, and keeping our existing transportation infrastructure in great shape.

We can make transportation funding a way to fight climate change and win energy independence, plus support economic development and create new green jobs.

The Bay Area and California are positioned to play a key role in the next federal transportation bill. TransForm is working to ensure that:

  • The Bay Area's innovations serve as models for the rest of the country.
  • We look at current funding allocations and grown transportation funding sources.
  • Our local Congressional leaders are partners in these efforts

Read Transportation for America's platform for the federal transportation authorization.

Check out the Fix It For America website for California transportation news and ways to get involved right now!

To learn more about how to get involved in TransForm's work to impact federal transportation policy, contact Shannon Tracey. 

Pictured in the photo: Ryan Wiggins, Transportation For America Southern California Field Organizer; Elyse Lowe, Move San Diego Executive Director; Jeremy Madsen, Greenbelt Alliance Executive Director; Shannon Tracey, Transportation For America Northern California; and Stuart Cohen, TransForm Executive Director.