Make a Stand for Transit Wed. Feb. 19

 

Wednesday, Feb. 19 Make a Stand for Transit

North Charleston, SC - Join us at the CARTA Board Meeting to declare a community commitment to the protection of Public Transit and construction of the Lowcountry Rapid Transit System at 1 pm on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the BCD COG Building/ 5790 Casper Padgett Way, North Charleston, SC 29406. The meeting will last an hour. 

Image, above, Louise Brown, veteran of the 1969 hospital strike and "Mother of the Movement" doing public outreach about the LCRT in 2019. 

The board is composed of representatives of over a dozen local governments, including several Mayors. Trump's and Musk's proposed budget ends federal funding for public transit, which accounts for a third of CARTAs funding. Trump is currently attempting to interrupt already scheduled grant funding for CARTA's current operations, which could cause service cancellations and cuts in the next few months. Their plans call for ending capital construction funding for projects like the planned Lowcountry Rapid Transit system and the associated plans for affordable housing. 

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Please wear green (stands for Go). We will have buttons. You can sign up as you come in to make a two minute public comment. Numbers matter this time. Politicians will be counting noses and not only those officials who are in the room. We have to have numbers. We can't wait any longer to do this. We have to move this week. 

Background on our other plans to protect local transit. 

Continuing to support transit is a huge risk for these board members, who may be targeted by MAGA once Trump fully activates his attempt to rob millions of people of their mobility. They need to know we will stand behind them, fight for transit and build the Lowcountry Rapid Transit System and the affordable housing along it which will enable a better future for our community. 

1 pm, Wednesday, Feb. 19
BCD Council of Governments Bld.
 5790 Casper Padgett Way,
North Charleston, SC 29406
Phone: 843.529.0400

Fight for the Freedom to Move

The right and ability to move is the foundation of personal freedom. If 10s of million of Americans are robbed of their transit they will have little or no power of where they can work, shop or live. They won't be able to vote or be citizens. It's a core strategy for disenfranchiding the American urban working class and crippling the cities whcih shelter the opposition to Trump.

More Information-

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Best Friends of Lowcoontry Transit Executive Director, William Hamilton at wjhamilton29464@gmail.com or call (843) 870-5299.