Last week, close to a thousand of us took the pledge to Drive Nowhere on May 30th. If you haven't pledged yet, please join us! Leaving the car at home is a powerful way to say we want solutions to our nation's dependence on oil. Over the next few weeks, we'll be building momentum for Drive Nowhere Day - and for long term solutions. Today, can you call on your governor to prioritize public transportation?
Imagine a world where you didn't have to worry about traffic, parking, or spending sixty bucks on a tank of gas....where just getting to work didn't make you worry about your carbon footprint. Imagine your state spending on public transit what it does on highway construction. It's time to ask them to make public transit a top priority - Click here to tell send your Governor the message.
I love taking the bus. I get to read books and listen to music, two of my favorite things. But most Americans don't live close enough to public transit to make this kind of morning commute feasible. Every time a city expands its transit, ridership increases - and in turn oil consumption and air pollution decrease. But the crazy truth is most states keep building more roads, instead of investing in more buses and trains.
We need our elected officials to take a stand for public transit - both expanding the lines and increasing ridership, not to mention making sure our buses and light rails are clean-burning and bike-friendly.
So, whether you live in the hip city center, the suburbs, or the middle of nowhere, please take a minute to ask your governor to get on track for great public transit.