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About Transportation for America

Transportation for America is an advocacy organization made up of local, regional and state leaders who envision a transportation system that safely, affordably and conveniently connects people of all means and ability to jobs, services, and opportunity through multiple modes of travel.

Want to know what drives our work?

Our priorities focus on shifting transportation strategies toward what really matters to everyday people. Explore our three core principles:

Any serious effort to reduce deaths on our streets and roads requires slower speeds. Federal funding should require approaches and street designs that put safety first.

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If your house has a leaky roof, you fix that before remodeling your kitchen. The federal transportation program should do the same and prioritize existing maintenance needs ahead of building new things which require decades of additional repair costs.

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For 60 years we’ve invested hundreds of billions of dollars in highways. Now it’s time to invest in the rest to create a complete transportation network so more Americans can safely travel by foot, bike, bus, or train.

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