Our Transit Riders Union is working to improve public transit by building a powerful voice that represents all transit riders in the Metropolitan Puget Sound region.
We believe public transit should:
- effectively connect people and places.
- be a practical option for as many people as is possible.
- be convenient, safe, comfortable, easy, pleasant, affordable, efficient, predictable, and equitable.
To achieve this vision, we will unite and empower our riders while advocating for:
- comfortable, safe, and convenient buses, bus stops, and transfer station facilities
- better communication between transit agencies and the public
- changes that make it easier for new riders to use transit
- public oversight and local control of transit service
- regionally coordinated policies, information services, and routes
- leveraging technology to make transit more usable
- transit signal priority and dedicated right-of-way in congested corridors
- flexible and simple bike ‘n ride facilities
- adaptation of ‘rail transit’ amenities to our bus system
- rider review of transit vehicles and interior prior to purchase
- rail and bus rapid transit that makes sense
- cooperation between transit agencies, drivers, and riders
- education and enforcement of yield-to-transit laws (RCW 46.61.220)
- tracking service improvements based on service effectiveness metrics
In the long-term, we will represent thousands of transit riders throughout the Puget Sound area.
Do you have ideas for how transit service could be improved in the Puget Sound area? We’re listening.
The Transit Riders Union steering committee is comprised of the following people: Rodney Rutherford, Chas Redmond, Cleve Stockmeyer, John Stewart, Jacob Struiksma, Michael Taylor-Judd and Andrew Cencini. To reach the Riders Union, email us at info@transitriders.org.