As a member of the Transportation for America coalition, it was easy to back the call of Connecticut’s transit advocates at the March 31 transit press event outside the LOB. CTLCV joined Transit for Connecticut, the Tri-State Transportation Coalition, the Regional Plan Association, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, legislative leaders, and others at the press conference to support clean, efficient, 21st century public transportation.
Reducing our reliance on cars cuts greenhouse gases and petroleum use. That’s good for the environment. Developing real estate around transportation centers is smart growth. If we commit to building cleaner vehicles, we promote good green jobs.
Connecticut–based UTC Power’s fuel cell-powered bus
And if that’s not enough, transit is good economic development: business site selectors are increasingly looking for easy access to good, fast, reliable transit when companies look to relocate. We want to make ourselves attractive to businesses looking to relocate.
Yes, the financial climate is very tight. But to paraphrase David Bingham in his recent op-ed, times of crisis present opportunities – opportunities to make things better, or make things worse.
Ignoring transit now will just make things worse.
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