While one election is now over, another election is right around the corner. And while transit isn’t on the ballot, you can make sure the candidates who are know that transit matters. The next ten weeks will be filled with ample opportunities to talk with those candidates who survived the primaries and
Ask the candidates about public transit!!
Make sure to ask a serious question that they can’t dodge by spouting vague support for the idea transit. Here are a few ideas (taken in part from our friends at Disability Advocates for Kent County):
- "Are you willing to adequately fund the documented transportation needs in our state (including a tripling of transit funding)?"
- "Given that over 70% of voters approved the SMART millage, do you support increasing local funding options, like allowing a vote on a local sales tax?"
- "If so many local transit millages are passing (15 out of 16 this year), why is state support for transit still shrinking, from a high of 50% of local budgets to below 30% today?"
See the Michigan Public Transit Association website or Drive MI for information to help formulating your own question.