Episode 23 - Transportation Recovery with Chris Arvin
On May 6, 2021, Labor, climate justice activists, transportation justice advocates, and Democratic Socialists came together in San Francisco to rally and demand that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission unleash $1.4 billion of federal funding to restore transportation services around the Bay Area. Transportation represents 40% of California's emissions. If we want any shot at meeting our state's climate goals by 2030, public transportation post-pandemic needs to be free, fast, and seamless so that more people get out of their cars and rideshares and into buses and railway.
Chris Arvin (@chrisarvinsf) is a designer, transit lover, and SFMTA CAC member. You may have seen his cute bus stickers on twitter. In other words, he advocates for us San Franciscans to have free, fast, and seamless transit so we don't have to pinch our noses and use L*ft or Ub*r. He also advocates to make sure the workers getting us from point A to point B around the city are appreciated with living wages and worker protections.
Get yourself a cute bus merch at Chris's store transit.supply/