Please help put a permanent end to highway construction

Advocate for a transit- and bicycle-friendly future to every local and state official you can

Personalized emails from many, many, many different people work best. Just tell them you want and end to PennDOT spending on roads and highways forever, and that you instead want them to immediately start building a comprehensive, modern, frequent, high-quality rail transit system and an integrated statewide bicycle trail network. Especially highlight that having an in-house rail and trail design team on-staff helps cut down on costs, because you’re not firing a contractor at the end of every project and losing all the accumulated institutional knowledge. The way to get costs down is to never stop building towards a better future.

After you’ve sent your email, search up and apply for your municipality’s ABCs: Authorities, Boards, and Commissions. A remarkably unknown corner of local governance, these are monthly panels of appointed citizens which review municipal staff plans and provide recommendations to elected officials. Volunteer for whatever you can – transportation commissions, zoning boards, oversight authorities, architecture review panels – and loudly advocate for walking, biking, and rail transit in everything you do.

Thank you so much for reading through this site! Tell your friends, email all your local representatives, and best of luck in your political advocacy!