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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

Do you rely on public transit to get from A to B? Are you sick of being stuck in traffic as more & more people turn to cars to get around? Join us for Climate Day at the Capitol on Oct. 15 to advocate for legislation that would fix & fund transit! RSVP: bit.ly/OctDayOfAction #transitisessential

Families across Illinois rely on public transit to get to work. Hear why Maria, Felicia, and David are urging their legislators to fix and fund public transit, then add your name at bit.ly/fixandfundtransit #transitisessential

Just 4 weeks until the October veto session! This Saturday, September 20th there are TWO transit town halls to learn about how transit is essential to all Chicagoans, learn how to get involved, and ask any questions. Join us at the Den Theatre or attend at Truman College on the North Side at noon!

As a Metra train conductor for over 20 years, Orlando knows how important transit is. Instead of devastating cuts that would impact workers and riders alike, let’s invest in a public transit system that works for everybody. Write your state legislators to fix and fund it at bit.ly/fixandfundtransit

The transit fiscal cliff is an all of Illinois issue. Agencies "need operational funding to keep their systems going to serve the workers & people of downstate IL," says Bob Guy of SMART Transportation Division. Urge legislators to support transit for ALL: bit.ly/fixandfundtransit

Labor unions, environmental and transit advocates, and community-based groups across the state are urging the Illinois legislature to fix and fund transit in the October veto session with a transformational $1.5B investment. Read the full letter: bit.ly/octtransitletter

#transitisessential

we need Connected Communities 2.0 to ensure uses next to train stations are transit-oriented

Workers across Illinois rely on a robust public transit system. Listen to Ann Marie, a flight attendant and member of Transport Workers Union Local 556, explain why legislators must fix and fund our transit system before the end of the year. Take action at bit.ly/fixandfundtransit

This Sat, Aug 16th 11am–12:30pm at NEIU El Centro Campus (3390 N Avondale Ave), join State Senators Representatives for a State of Transit Town Hall to provide updates on the transit fiscal cliff, answer resident questions & hear why transit is important to residents like you!

After 1,600 hours of community outreach and planning, Illinois now has the legislation we need to fix and fund our transit system. As Amy Rynell with Active Transportation Alliance says, it’s now time to get this over the finish line – before devastating service cuts of up to 40% begin.

Eight years ago, Wheaton resident Evan Urchell took Metra & walked 40 mins to Northwestern to receive treatment for Ewing's Sarcoma. He says #TransitIsEssential bc of stories like his - "not everyone has easy access to a car." He's calling on lawmakers to fix & fund transit!

Legislators failed to fund transit in May, forcing agencies to begin planning 40% service cuts.

This is unacceptable – rise up with us Saturday and demand Gov. Pritzker and legislators return to Springfield this summer to save transit NOW!

⏰ July 12th @ 12pm
📍 Daley Plaza
➡️ rally.savetransit.org

Join us and environmental, transit, and labor advocates THIS THURSDAY, June 26th at 12pm at the Jackson entrance of Union Station for a Rally to Save Transit! RSVP at: act.ilenviro.org/a/rally-to-s...

Let's fully fund and fix Chicagoland public transit with a $1.5B transformational investment!

There is only one week left to support the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act and a $1.5 billion investment in public transit to avoid devastating 40% service cuts to the Chicagoland public transit system! Take 5 minutes to write a letter, call your legislators, and share: savetransit.org