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Monday, Oct. 29, beginning at 11 a.m. and going to early afternoon, Chicago’s Rider-Driver Alliance will stage a major protest at Federal Plaza, immediately followed by a “rolling demonstration” on the CTA to the homes of responsible public officials. Many bus drivers, riders, and community organizations will be joining us and we are asking you to do the same. Take the afternoon off from work and join us. If you work downtown, it’s a perfect opportunity.
This event will occur alongside Mayor Daley’s testimony at a federal transit hearing, where he will try to persuade Congress that we need lots of money for transit in order to support the Olympics. But our questions are: How can we hold the Olympics in a city with such a miserable transit record? And how can we trust an administration - already shown to be squandering our money - to use any new funds in a responsible way, in a way that we agree to?
Chicago’s Rider-Driver Alliance is demanding that the transit authorities stop the cuts threatened for their famous doomsday; that they open the books to us and give us a seat at the planning table; and that they not take this crisis out - not on our backs, at least - through their regressive tax plan, regressive fare hikes, and cuts and layoffs of transit workers where we need them most.
We’re asking you to commit to joining us Oct. 29 on or near your lunch hour. Bring a yellow T-shirt if you have one. We hope you can travel join us for the “rolling demonstration,” too!
Related links:
Tribune: Mass-transit crisis could complicate city’s Olympic prospects
Rider-Driver Alliance Blog
E-mail the RDA:publictransit@lvejo.org
