Transportation

The Chapter's Transportation Committee volunteers are working for a better regional transportation system – one that allows people to get where they need to go quickly and efficiently without significantly polluting the air.

We are working to strengthen our public transportation system by ensuring that Metro is responsive and accountable to the public and adequately funded so that the system can purchase new buses and rail cars to keep up with continuing growth in ridership. The committee is working to expand the Metro system – including light rail lines in D.C. and the Purple Line, a new Metrorail line that would circle the city – so that it serves more communities. We continue to promote better information about Metrobus routes so that more people will be aware of how the system may serve them. And we advocate for streets that are safer for pedestrians and bicyclists – two non-polluting means of transportation.

The D.C. Chapter’s Transportation Committee works closely with our fellow Sierra Club activists from the Maryland and Virginia chapters on regional growth and transportation issues under the umbrella of the Metro D.C. Challenge to Sprawl Campaign in order to build a better future for the region. For more information about how to get involved, please contact Chris Carney, Sierra Club Conservation Organizer, at 202-237-0754, or visit www.sierraclub.org/dc/sprawl.