Rally for Public Transit

SUPPORT LOCAL TRANSIT AND TRANSIT WORKERS
        
Rally with Amalgamated Transit Union 843 workers to maintain local bus services

Call the public comment hotline now to make your voice heard to preserve local bus services
                                        (360) 715-4500
It is vital to let your voice be heard on this issue before November 19th. After that it will be too late!

Background:  Due to budget shortfalls, the Board of Directors of the Whatcom Transit Authority (WTA) is considering a drastic 14% cut to existing bus services affecting all of Whatcom County.

Here are just a few examples of how this might affect you:

• No more Sunday bus service of any kind
• A reduction of 2/3 of the bus service to St. Joseph's Hospital and the surrounding doctors' offices every day.
• No more commuter express service to and from Lynden and Ferndale
• A loss of 28 living-wage, union jobs in Whatcom County

Last year WTA ridership was up a record 32%, to total an astounding 4.7 million rides. Now is not the time to eliminate and/or cut WTA service--cuts that would effectively:

• Create further hardships on thousands of people who rely on the WTA as their primary source of transportation.
• Increase local traffic.
• Increase parking problems.
• Increase pollution in the region.