“If your governor says they don’t have money for transit, they are lying…”

There are billions of federal dollars available to states for transit improvements — Governors have the power to flex these funds away from polluting highways and into communities.

Pennsylvania Shifted Cash From Highways to Transit – But Other States Could Go Even Further

The governor of Pennsylvania is demanding that his state’s Department of Transportation use money originally intended for highways to save the state’s largest transit system — but advocates say other governors could go even bigger in support of non-automotive modes.

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Illinois Could Help Beat the Transit Fiscal Cliff by Shifting Federal Funding from Highways to Public Transportation

“Every governor in the U.S. has the opportunity to move money towards public transportation that they have already received from the Bipartisan Infrastructure law.”

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Josh Shapiro Is Using Highway Money to Save Mass Transit. Could Hochul Follow?

New York has a little-noticed tool to shift billions of highway dollars to climate-friendly public transit projects. The governor doesn’t seem interested.

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Constituent Email – Flex Money from Highways to Transit

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Attn: State Department of Transportation (DOT)
Dear Governor,

I am a resident of your state and supporter of public transit. Across the US, transit agencies are facing a funding shortfall, making wait times too long, transit trips too slow, and forcing more and more people to rely on cars to get around.

Our state DOT has an opportunity to move hundreds of millions of dollars to help fill these funding gaps. State Departments of Transportation received hundreds of millions of additional dollars via Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Unfortunately, most of these funds have been pledged for polluting transportation projects like highway expansion, increasing emissions in a sector that is already responsible for a one-third of total US greenhouse gas pollution.

Fortunately, our state DOT can use the flex funding mechanism to move FHWA funds to projects that reduce emissions, increase transit reliability, and support accessibility improvements.

As Governor,  you can do right by communities across our state and make a commitment to flex funds away from highway expansion to transit projects that help reduce emissions, increase accessibility, and connect communities.

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Resource for State Organizers and Governor’s Offices: How States Can Flex Federal Funding From Highways to Green Transit

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What's Next for Transportation? Post Election Community Call with Green New Deal Network (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWDlq3OQKxQ)

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Every Day Counts: Tell Biden to Flex Funds from Highways to Green Transit Training Call (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhgpgKoUU64)

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