Congress: Make big investments in electric vehicles & public transit -- to meet our climate, jobs, & justice goals!

**Don't forget to add your own personal message -- what pollution-free, reliable, and affordable public transit and cars, trucks, & rail would mean for you!**

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We're in a once-in-a-generation moment that calls for transformative action and investment to address systemic racism, climate catastrophe, and economic injustice.

The transportation sector -- cars, trucks, buses, and trains -- is the leading source of carbon pollution in the U.S. Toxic fumes and pollution from bustling highways and city buses disproportionately poison communities of color across the country.

As Congress finalizes the details of the infrastructure package this summer, we must ensure robust investments in a pollution-free, affordable transportation sector are included. This means:

Fully electrify our public transit buses, school buses, and commuter rail.
Expand access to affordable, reliable, and clean public transit and rail.
Make electric vehicles more affordable -- replace gas cars and trucks with U.S.-made, union-built, pollution-free vehicles.
Invest in bike lanes and electric car charging station infrastructure.

These aren't just talking points -- such investments will have life-saving impacts for people across the country. Electrifying all public transit would prevent over 4,000 deaths from air pollution, cut 21 million metric tons of climate pollution, and create about 1 million good jobs.

These crucial transportation investments -- along with other infrastructure measures like tax credits for wind and solar energy, replacing 100% of lead pipes for clean drinking water for all, retrofitting public housing, schools and hospitals, and much more -- put us on a path for a more equitable clean energy future.

Tell your members of Congress to go big & bold in their infrastructure package and align it with the THRIVE Act -- prioritizing equity, labor, and climate standards. Don't forget to add your own personal message -- what pollution-free and affordable cars, buses, and trains would mean for you!

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Bold transportation investments are essential for making our air more breathable, improving public health, creating millions of good jobs, and ensuring a livable planet for all. President Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan is a good start, but we need more funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, public transit, and rail to meet our justice, climate, and jobs goals. A higher level of investment is essential because transportation is a prime contributor to toxic pollution that poses major public health risks and disproportionately harms communities of color. The transportation sector is also the leading source of carbon pollution in the U.S. We need to increase access to pollution-free vehicles -- including school buses and trucks -- that run on renewable energy. We must expand access to clean public transit and rail. We urgently need to establish a robust charging network for electric vehicles. And we must also invest in domestic manufacturing and high labor standards, to ensure that U.S. workers are not left behind during the transition to electric vehicles. I urge you to pass a big and bold infrastructure plan and align it with the THRIVE Act, delivering on the promise of building America back, that emphasizes the ‘better’ and takes to heart the fact that we can’t return to a ‘normal’ that was unjust and unhealthy for so many.

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