{"id":9823,"date":"2021-10-21T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=9823"},"modified":"2021-10-21T17:40:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:40:34","slug":"sen-ossoff-leads-georgia-delegations-continued-push-to-increase-access-to-public-transportation","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-leads-georgia-delegations-continued-push-to-increase-access-to-public-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Leads Georgia Delegation&#8217;s Continued Push to Increase Access to Public Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Delegation calling for passage of Sen. Ossoff &amp; Rep. Johnson\u2019s \u201cPublic Transportation Expansion Act\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Bill would connect public transportation networks with affordable housing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to ensure all Georgians, regardless of income or where they live, have access to public transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Sen. Ossoff led a united Georgia Democratic congressional delegation in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21.10.21_Georgia-Delegation_Transit-Reconciliation_FINAL.pdf\">doubling down<\/a>&nbsp;on their call for at least $10 billion in transit funding to help low-income, Black, and Latino Georgians access public transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs Georgia\u2019s Democratic delegation, we stand united in support of this program. The connection between a robust transit system and safe, affordable housing is clear, and we cannot miss the opportunity to make this critical investment. Providing an allocation of at least $10 billion is an essential first step,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>the Georgia leaders wrote<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff, along with Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock, and Reps. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02), Hank Johnson (GA-04), Nikema Williams (GA-05), Lucy McBath (GA-06), Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07), and David Scott (GA-13), urged Congressional leaders to include Sen. Ossoff and Rep. Johnson\u2019s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-warnock-cortez-masto-introduce-historic-transit-expansion-legislation-as-congress-drafts-budget-reconciliation-measure\/\">Public Transportation Expansion Act&nbsp;<\/a><\/em>in the budget reconciliation bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff and Rep. Johnson introduced the legislation last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill would, for the first time, fund construction of public transportation specifically connecting affordable housing with transit networks in order to serve riders and commuters in low-income communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their letter to congressional leadership, the Georgia representatives cited the disproportionate impact the lack of public transportation options has on low-income, Black, and Latino Georgians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLack of simultaneous access to affordable housing and to mobility deepens inequality of economic opportunity along class and race lines, disconnecting low-income households from jobs and access to basic facilities like health clinics, schools, and grocery stores,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>the delegation continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff and the delegation previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-leads-united-georgia-delegation-in-calling-for-additional-public-transportation-funding-for-georgia-in-upcoming-bill\/\">called<\/a>&nbsp;for the inclusion of additional transit and transportation investments earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21.10.21_Georgia-Delegation_Transit-Reconciliation_FINAL.pdf\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read their letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegation calling for passage of Sen. Ossoff &amp; Rep. Johnson\u2019s \u201cPublic Transportation Expansion Act\u201d Bill would connect public transportation networks with affordable housing Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to ensure all Georgians, regardless of income or where they live, have access to public transportation. Today, Sen. Ossoff led a united Georgia Democratic [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9823","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/9823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/9823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9831,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/9823\/revisions\/9831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}