Who We Are
Transportation for America (T4America) is a diverse and growing coalition focused on mobilizing and rationalizing our national transportation investments so that they respond to the most urgent challenges of our time.
We seek to closely align our national, state and local transportation policies and investments to an array of issues high on the public agenda -- economic opportunity and competitiveness, climate change, energy security, housing, public health and community development -- as a way to enhance sustainability and quality of life for all. At a time Americans are facing rising gas prices and many are having difficulty finding or hanging onto an affordable place to live, we see an urgent need for a national dialogue about our country's future.
We represent a wide range of perspectives and interests including affordable housing, social inclusion, business, aging, public health, the environment, community development, real estate, government policy, and urban design. We share a commitment to building communities where everyone, regardless of income or background, has access to jobs and homes in neighborhoods that are safe and well cared for.
We see the marketplace changing and where communities have taken hold of their destiny, they have been rewarded with increased economic development, a civic society that is robust and fair, and growth without environmental degradation. Secure, convenient, family-friendly communities are being built right now with environmental technologies that reduce our dependence on foreign oil, increase our housing and transportation choices, leave a legacy our children can be proud of, and create the new green jobs and industries that will be in demand throughout the global marketplace.