Sierra Club Volunteer Opportunity--Promoting Transit, May 7

(Reprinted from themail e-newsletter, www.dcwatch.com)

Take action for a future with better Metro service. Saturday, May 7, 10:00 a.m., at Southeast Branch Library, 403 7th Street, SE, next to the Eastern Market Metro Station. Without stable, effective Metro service our region would face an overwhelming increase in traffic congestion and air pollution.



We're going to talk to our neighbors one-on-one about Metro's long-term funding crisis, and about action they can take to ensure a future with more and better Metro service. To volunteer, send an E-mail to Chris Carney with your name, phone number, address, and your availability.We'll meet up at the Southeast Branch Library at 10 am (bagels and coffee provided!). There will be training and discussion, then we'll go out to talk to our neighbors in the Eastern Market area. Stick around to join us for an after-event lunch social at a local restaurant.

Read more about Metro and Sierra Club here: RSVP to Chris Carney or call 202-237-0754.
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Would like to know, what is going on like this in Maryland and Virginia, where the barriers are most likely to be, not necessarily at the county level, but at the state level, where anti-tax forces (which would presumably be against dedicated taxes for transit, comparable to what is done in the SF Bay area for BART) are strong, particularly in Maryland.