VTA is joining fellow APTA members and industry partners on Tuesday, Dec. 15 to collectively advocate to #SavePublicTransit with a day of mobilization and engagement.

Organized by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), #SavePublicTransit Day the hope is it will shine the light on the dire financial crisis facing the public transportation industry and urge elected officials to take immediate action.

It is critical that Congress move forward and provide emergency funding for public transit in the lame duck session before Congress recesses for the holiday. The industry is calling on Congress and the Administration to provide at least $32 billion in emergency funding to ensure that public transit agencies can survive and help our communities and nation recover from the economic fallout of the pandemic.

“We are grateful for $25 billion in emergency funding received by transit agencies nationwide earlier this year; in fact, we wouldn’t have been able to survive this long without it,” said Nuria Fernandez, General Manager and CEO of VTA, and current APTA Chairperson. “However, the degree of loss we have suffered is staggering and that is why we are urging our federal government for a second round of at least $32 billion in funding before Congress adjourns for the year.”