Let's Get It Started
This is a complex effort. You could say it's a long shot and we shouldn't waste our time. We say, a successful push for transit will come from the bottom up – not from the top down.
We'll be investigating ways to launch. It will require money and time and collaboration. If you can contribute any of those things, you automatically have a leadership stake in this effort.
As we move forward, the effort is bound to take some twists and turns. That's fine. Loosely, we aim for things to progress as follows:
- Our idea makes an impact and we sense a serious demand to move forward
- We enlist pro bono legal services to establish a non-profit professional corporation
- We line up a board of directors – consisting exclusively of individuals who understand the value and the complexity of transit
- We apply for grants to fund specific transit endeavors
- We hire a dream team of researchers, planners, strategists and communicators
- We tap the know-how of national experts on transit matters: planning, operations, campaigning
- We implement a variety of innovative projects that produce real results
- We keep the public thoroughly involved with all activities, decisions and ideas
- We build a portfolio of short-term transit victories – each one an intermediate step in a coordinated long-term vision
- We advise public entities – possibly an RTA – on practical methods to phase in expanded transit options
- We earn funding for transit by charting integrated, professional and credible concepts
This plan is assertive. It is not impossible. Help us to put it in motion.
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