Today, thousands of people from across the country are calling their representatives in the House to urge their “NO” vote on HR 7, the House transportation bill that jeopardizes transit service in cities large and small across the country, makes our streets less safe, fails to put people to work, and does far too little to fix our crumbling roads and bridges. We do desperately need an updated transportation bill to lay the groundwork for a prosperous 21st century, but this bill is unfortunately not it. Join with thousands of others and call your representative today.

Tomorrow, February 9, we’re coordinating with hundreds of other groups across the country to generate a day of calls up to the House of Representatives urging them to vote against the House transportation bill, H.R. 7.

A House committee majority went ahead with their plan to punish everyone who rides public transportation, as well as jeopardizing thousands of jobs in the public transit, construction and manufacturing industries — ignoring broad, bipartisan opposition ffrom governors, state transportation officials, health professionals, business organizations, and others. We desperately need a new federal transportation bill, but this proposal being advanced by the House is not it. Leaders in the House need to come up with a better bill. Help us defeat this bill by telling your representative to vote “NO” on HR 7.

This morning we sent this strong letter (below) to Capitol Hill in strong opposition to the House leadership plan to end a 30-year precedent of providing dedicated funding for public transportation from the federal fuel tax, kicking transit funding out of a trust fund and subjecting it to complete uncertainty year after year. In less than 12 hours, we gathered signatures from more than 600 groups, notable individuals and elected officials, including state DOTs, the US Chamber of Commerce, several Governors and hundreds of others.