Transit for All

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Responding to Metro's route redesign approved in June 2022

Who We Are:  An alliance of concerned Madison area residents and organizations advocating for a public transit system for all. 

What We Believe: Madison needs a first-rate transit system with rapid and local buses that balances the goals of ridership, coverage, accessibility, environmental sustainability, and organizational efficiency. 

• Public transit is a public service, not a business. Its purpose is to get people where they need to go and should not focus primarily on ridership or profit.

• Frequent service without reasonable access to people of all abilities is not transit equity. 

• BRT service should not come at the expense of local routes. 

• Madison area residents deserve to know the honest truth about how public transit is being budgeted. 

What We Want: A transit system with equitable access everywhere, including to infill and old and new peripheral developments 

• Increased sustainable funding for Madison Metro beyond 2019 levels to ensure both sufficient coverage and more frequent service.

• Meaningful public engagement by a wide diversity of stakeholders, especially those in disadvantaged groups and workers in a wide variety of sectors. 

• A real voice in the review of the Equity Analysis.

• Using stakeholder feedback to further shape the redesign plan.