Update on MTC Meeting

I went to the Wed. Urban Habitat Transportation Justice (TJ) meeting and spoke to the Metroploitian Transportation Coalition (MTC) whom voted to table adopting transportation principles #3 and #4, until the new MTC members come in (Mayor Tom Bates being one, whom with the rest of the Berkeley city council supported the TJ principles but we have lost SF Supervisor Tom Ammaniano a key TJ ally whom I talked to last year during a break).

In the meeting, the MTC presented charts countering ours which showed poor minority people don't really ride AC Transit; though their charts showed MUNI clearly was unfairly funded and utilized by poor minority riders.

I spoke to the MTC to the issue that due to the rate hikes, service cuts, overcrowding, grouchiness of overworked bus riders on the main Oakland lines poor people are voting with their tired feet and remain underrepresented.

I will have a blog closer to the next meeting, so if you believe problems exist in the transportation system and want to learn more, advocate, etc. you can attend the next meeting.

In common struggle,
Michael Diehl