April 6: TRU Lunchtime Potluck, Newsletter Launch, Call to Action… then...
The Transit Riders Union would like to invite you to join us on Saturday, April 6 to celebrate our past, eat food in the present, and fight for our future! Come to our potluck and newsletter launch...
View ArticleFares Set to Go Up Next Year
On Tuesday Metro general manager Kevin Desmond announced that fares will be increasing next year. This is not the right way to fund transit:...
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The Transit Reader is Launched!!
Transit Reader Newsletter – PDF The very first issue of the Transit Riders Union newletter, the Transit Reader, was launched at our potluck this afternoon. A big thank you to everyone who wrote...
View ArticleThe Assault on Public Transportation
Chris Hedges on the nation-wide assault on public transportation: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/sweatshops_on_wheels_20130415/
View ArticleSpeak Out Against Metro Cuts on May 14!
As you probably know by now, Metro Transit may cut 600,000 annual service hours if no new funding can be secured. This would mean the complete elimination of 65 routes, and reduction in service to...
View ArticleJoin TRU on the street in June!
As you probably know, Metro is facing the prospect of deep service cuts in 2014 if new funding isn’t secured. Our best hope is a Motor Vehicle Excise Tax local option for King County, which is under...
View ArticleThis is Not Progress!
The State Legislature has not yet passed a transportation plan, or anything else. The special session ended today. Tomorrow they will begin an unprecedented second special session. Just today the...
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Transit Riders Union hits the street!
Transit Riders Union members hit the streets! Thanks to Chuck Lare for the photo montage!
View ArticleThis is what happens in Brazil when they raise bus fares
This is going on now (6/17): Thousands Gather for Protests in Brazil’s Largest Cities (New York Times)
View Article1,000 signatures sent to Olympia!
It’s the eleventh hour in Olympia, for real this time – June 30 is the final day of this second special session, and if the state legislature doesn’t pass a local transit funding option this week, King...
View ArticleFree Buses?
From the Stranger Blog today: Why Buses Should Be Free And the underlying Economist article: Maybe Buses Should Be Free
View Article(Bad) News from Olympia
Here it is, folks: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/06/29/state-senate-blocks-vote-on-transportation-funding-package-tells-king-county-metro-bus-riders-to-go-fuck-themselves Come to the...
View ArticleWTF (Where’s The Funding), Olympia?! – Rally July 20th
* Help spread the word! PRINTABLE POSTER — PRINTABLE FLYER — FB EVENT * The Washington State Legislature failed to pass any local transit funding option this session. As a result, Metro is now...
View ArticleThis Route Will Be Cut: print and distribute this flyer
Do you ride a route that is slated for elimination or service reductions? Print this flyer (2-sided) and give it to your fellow bus riders! Or get in touch (contact@transitriders.org, 206-651-4282)...
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Send us your grievance – we’ll get it to Rodney Tom
Can’t make it to the WTF, Olympia? Rally on July 20, but still want to participate? Here’s how. At the rally we’ll be collecting grievances for later delivery to Senator Rodney Tom, who was...
View ArticleWTF, Olympia? – Speaker Line-up
Here’s our guest speaker line-up so far! In addition to speakers from TRU: Larry Phillips (King County Councilmember) Mike McGinn (Mayor, City of Seattle) Jessyn Farrell (District 46 Representative)...
View ArticleHeads up: WTF, Olympia? Rally may be rescheduled
BREAKING NEWS – nation-wide vigils for Trayvon Martin have been called for this Saturday at noon, exactly the same time as the WTF, Olympia? rally. We are likely to reschedule. Stay tuned… Vigil for...
View Article“WTF, Olympia?” Rally this Saturday, July 27: Print a poster for your bus stop!
Print a poster Print some flyers And come to the rally! The rally will start at noon at City Hall Park, the grassy park on the south side of the King County Courthouse at 3rd and Yesler, 450...
View ArticleUpdated Speaker Line-up – and remember to bring your grievances!
We got last-minute confirmations today from Executive Dow Constantine and Seattle King County NAACP President James Bible. Our updated speaker line-up (order may shift a bit) is below. Don’t forget to...
View ArticleVideos from WTF, Olympia? Rally
Thanks to everyone who came out to the WTF, Olympia? Rally on July 27! Here is a link to videos of all the speakers — thank you to Peter Brannan for recording and editing the video:...
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